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was scrolling through twitter and saw art of Stalin and Trotsky kissing (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 2 weeks ago by MelayuMerah@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml

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[–] AnarchoBolshevik@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

‘All practical work in connection with the organization of the uprising was done under the immediate direction of Comrade Trotsky, the president of the Petrograd Soviet. It can be stated with certainty that the Party is indebted primarily and principally to Comrade Trotsky for the rapid going over of the garrison to the side of the Soviet and the efficient manner in which the work of the Military-Revolutionary Committee was organized. The principal assistants of Comrade Trotsky were Comrades Antonov and Podvoisky.’

— Joseph Stalin, 1918

[–] Malkhodr@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I do wonder about the timeline that would have been, had Trotsky put his ego aside and devoted himself to the revolution during the Stalin era.

Perhaps I'm just naive, but even if I don't particularly care for Trotsky or Trots in general, I can't bring myself to truly dismiss him entirely. His work for the red army is indispensable as far as I'm aware and for that alone I'm willing to say mu view of him is as an overall net positive to the world.