The Transitional Program
Leon Trotsky (1938)

The founding document of the Fourth International, The Transitional Programme is more than just a political programme. It is in essence a whole method for socialists to use in the struggle to abolish capitalism and replace it with socialism.

The Communist Manifesto Today
Leon Trotsky (1937/81)

Trotsky's reflections on the Communist Manifesto from 1937, with a new introduction by Militant comrades.

The Revolution Betrayed
Leon Trotsky (1938)

Trotsky's classic, with the subtitle What is the Soviet Union and where is it going?, explains how and why the Stalinist bureaucratic caste was able to take and hold political power in the Soviet Union following the Russian Revolution.  

The Lessons of October
Leon Trotsky (1924)

Written after the defeat of the German Revolution, this was a warning to the most politically aware revolutionists of the inadequacies of the Bolshevik leadership. The lines: 'Having achieved the revolution, we seem to have concluded that we should never have to repeat it', are heavy with irony.

In Defence of October
Leon Trotsky (1932)

A robust and startlingly clear explanation and justification of the October revolution which explains the necessity for, and key role of, the Bolshevik Party and argues that Lenin’s understanding and clarity were decisive in 1917.  

In Defence of Marxism
Leon Trotsky (1942)

'In Defence of Marxism' is a record of Trotsky's struggle against the opposition in the USA Socialist Workers' Party in 1939. It concerns the class nature of the Soviet Union and the fundamentals of Marxism.

The Permanent Revolution
Leon Trotksy (1906/1931)

Is the Permanent Revolution relevant today, especially since the collapse of Stalinism? Yes. It remains the key to understanding how to end the terrible problems of the so-called ‘Third World’ – poverty, under-development, dictatorship and imperialist domination.  

The Third International After Lenin
Leon Trotsky (1928)

Written during his forced exile in Alma Ata this is Trotsky's devastating criticism of the theory and policies of the Communist International after Lenin's death, as the Stalinist bureacracy rose to power.

The First Five Years of the Communist International, Volume One
Leon Trotsky (1924)

The first volume of Trotsky's writings and speeches for the Communist International covers the period of the first three congresses, when the post-war revolutionary upsurge reached its peak.  

The First Five Years of the Communist International, Volume Two
Leon Trotsy (1924)

The second volume of Trotsky's speeches and documents during the time of third and fouth congresses of the Communist International gained their greatest authority amongst the most revolutionary workers of the world.

History of the Russian Revolution
Leon Trotsky (1930)

Trotsky classic (three volume!) history and analysis of the 1917 Revolution in Russia.  

1905
Leon Trotsky (1907)

Trotsky's account of the failed 1905 revolution in Russia.

Terrorism & Communism
Leon Trotsky (1920)

Subtitled An Answer to Karl Kautsky, and written while Trotsky was directing the campaigns of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War, it lays down uncompromisingly the historical justification of the actions of the Bolsheviks.  

Their Morals and Ours
Leon Trotsky (1938)

Marxists are often attacked for being 'amoral', if not immoral, by defenders of the established social order. This collection of writings on the Marxist view of morality disproves these claims.

Marxism In Our Time
Leon Trotsky (1939)

A devastating critique of capitalism. The 1000's involved in the anti-capitalist & anti-war movements would benefit greatly from reading this, which more than 60 years before Seattle and Genoa provided compelling arguments against the exploitation, greed and corruption of capitalism.  

Fascism: What It Is & How To Fight It
Leon Trotsky (1944)

First published after his death, in this pamphelt Trotsky examined the origin and nature of fascism and advanced a strategy to fight it.

The Struggle Against Fascism in Germany
Leon Trotsky (1930-40)

Trotsky's complete writings on the situation in Germany covering the years 1930 through 1940 collected in one volume. See also Trotsky's Fascism: What It Is and How To Fight It.  

The Spanish Revolution
Leon Trotsky (1931-39)

The collected writings of Trotsky on the Spanish Revolution, which analyzes the revolution and the civil war, and explains how the Stalinist course ensured the Fascist victory over both the social revolution and even the bourgeois republic.

Trotsky on China
Leon Trotsky (1925-40)

A complete collection of Trotsky’s writings on China covering the years 1925 through 1940 with an emphisis on the mid-20s when a powerful revolutionary upsurge shook the cities and countryside of China but was betrayed by Stalinism.  

Trotsky on Britain
Leon Trotsky (1920-40)

A complete collection of Trotsky’s writings on Britain covering the years 1920 through 1940 with an emphisis on the mid-20s when labour militancy reached a peak with the general strike of 1926.

Our Revolution
Leon Trotsky (1904-18)

Subtitled Essays on Working-Class & International Revolution, this work - long since out of print, and suppressed by the political opponents of Leon Trotsky after 1928 - makes its public debut on the Trotsky Internet Archive for the first time in 72 years.  

Platform of the Joint Opposition
Leon Trotsky (1927)

This document was the end product of a process of analysis and struggle in a constantly changing and living movement - the Bolshevik Party. It sums up a period which spans roughly four years, commencing in 1923 and concluding with attempts to publish this programme in 1927.

The Stalin School of Falsification
Leon Trotsky (1937)

Refutes Stalinism's attempts to rewrite the history of Bolshevism. The true picture of the Russian Revolution is restored by removing the thick encrustation of falsehoods which overlay it.  

Marxism, the Arts & Culture
Leon Trotsky (1923-24)

Selected writings, compiled by the Trotsky Internet Archive, where Trotsky offers his views on Marxism and the Arts.

My Life
Leon Trotsky (1930)

One of the world's great autobiographies, from the leader, along with Lenin, of the Russian revolution of 1917. Significant from a literary viewpoint, but more importantly as a historical document.  

The Last Letters of Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky (1940)

Compiled by the Trotsky Internet Archive, these are the final writing of Leon Trotsky before his murder in Mexico by Stalin's agent Ramon Mercader.

For more works see the Leon Trostky Internet Archive