“In a country where the sole employer is the State, opposition means death by slow starvation.”

— Leon Trotsky

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About Leon Trotsky

Revolutionary • Russian

Leon Trotsky was a prominent Russian revolutionary, political theorist, and politician. As a key figure in the Bolshevik party, he played a crucial role in the October Revolution of 1917 and the subsequent founding of...

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