Was Trotsky left or right?
Leon Trotsky (Lev Davidovich Bronstein) (1879–1940), People’s Commissar for Foreign Affairs, founder and commander of the Red Army and People’s Commissar of War during the Russian Civil War, and de facto leader of the Left Opposition. Is Trotskyism left wing? On the political spectrum of Marxism, Trotskyists are usually considered to be towards the left….