DSA is also a dead-end

Patriotism really is just bootlicking trash. Seems to be a heavy dose of patriotism within Midwest Marx. Good content. Thank you

Surprisingly good piece. I think mostly valid critiques of Che Guevara, the Cuban revolution etc. Great comments . Thank you

Bernie doesnt wanna contribute to electing a right wing Republican by checks notes building a workers party, I suppose he just prefers DIRECTLY helping to elect right wing Democrats every election

what about Lenin and co. and the sealed train from Germany? fully funded by the kaiser and co. Trotsky or Lenin or who knows? imagine the lengths the capitalists would have gone to to make a mess of the workers revolution in Russia and the impending one in Germany. International socialism is the Nemesis of capitalism.

Lolbertarians did poorly this election, ig RFK split the lunatic vote

looks like Adam Friedland

Trotsky sort of reminds me of the character in the one of the Batman movies who was called Twoface who had a split personality of being a good guy and the other half as being a criminal.

Let the man speak for himself and he will make a fool out of himself!

Thank you I'm unionised your videos helped motivate me

Im not sure why people think this will convince people trotsky was wrong or bad. Lenin factually split from the socialist Democrats. Thats literally what happened.

Nice work

Never thought I'd read Trotsky again. Thanks for bringing this to us!

Trots be like:bu bub bububu but people can change tho 😢😢😢

when i looked up the definition of irritating, i just saw a picture of trotsky

I cannot stand the sound of Bernie Sanders voice anymore. To me, it's like nails on the chalkboard. He's all talk, no action, complete BS. No seriousness in anything he does. One of the biggest sell outs in politics. Guy has been gone since the 90s, way before his presidential runs. Michael Parenti called him out years ago.

Refuse all bourgeois wars! Land back free Palestine, workers stand with the oppressed peoples of the world, unite! Bienvenidos camarada trabajadores del mundo

Common trotsky L.

Thanks again!

This just drives home that Trotsky was not the man for the job

Thank you. Good piece. I particularly enjoyed the criticism of pacifism and peace slogans.

Here we go everyone, their conspiracy was real, S4A Trotskiest confirmed. This is his (6th) reading by Trotsky (vs. about 20 by Stalin), the crack theory was correct, see see! (Just kidding, to anyone outside of the know - S4A is very much not a Trot)

I apologize for asking if MLs should join the Green Party to change it from within, i was unaware that you already talked about that idea

Trotsky bad (!)

Good piece with great, clarifying comments. Thank you.

Thank you.

I love the use of the silliest photo of Trotsky

You know, the more I look into Trotsky, I am left with one burning question. Who/why the ever living hell let Trotsky join The Bolsheviks in the first place? (Let alone allow him to be the Commissar for War and Foreign Affairs.)

Thanks for your hard work as always, comrade S4A! Have you read Trotsky the Traitor? Trotsky truly was an opportunistic pseudo-marxist revisionist worm.

The commentary is amazing! Really is a difference maker for reader comprehension here. Also, the suggestions to go back and relisten to a section were extremely helpful too

Imagine receiving one of these letters. Like, “uhhhhh… yeahhh okay bro whatever you say!” Unhinged.

So in the first letter he slanders lenin, then in the second letter he basically says "I was wrong , but I was right, so dont publish the first letter" ?? Reading Stalin, his writings are clear, straightforward, and easy to understand. Reading Lenin, again, it's clear, logical, and you get the point. Compare to reading Trotsky, and his writing comes off as clouded, scheming, and full of innuendo, one has to read between the lines and work hard to understand what he really means. Trotsky comes off as sketchy, I don't feel like I learned anything. Compare again to Lenin or Stalin, where I feel I've advanced and learned something. Reading Trotsky is how I feel when I read articles written by the western media....for example the Gaza genocide. One has to read between the lines and reverse the meaning of things in order to get some picture of the truth.

All praise the algorithm that many more may see this. Especially trots

The irony or calling Lenin a splitter, what an enlightening two letters these are to his duplicity, if nothing else was.

1:58 (Talking about Lenin) “a professional exploiter of the Russian labour movement” Trots: Trotsky was a true Leninist 🤓👆

Oh my goodness. I was cracking up at the letter to Chkeidze. Pure projection. It appears every accusation from Trotsky was a confession.

Send this to all your friends who think that Trotskyism is the "natural progression of Leninism."

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Thanks very much for reading this text and adding your excellent insightful “footnote” commentary. I’ve listened to this as an Audible book before but your reading and comments have made this become a new personal favorite. You’ve helped bring Mao to life here and prove the power of the thought. Thanks again, comrade.

Late but good to hear ur outlook on these crazy ass times comrade. Keep up the great work

Done. Good piece. Lenin is so consistent and principled. I'm on the cusp of an aha moment regarding the understanding of the nationalist question. I'm a little tired watching this, so the ol brain is not computing like I want it to. Thank you.

3:50 mins in.....like today, a pogrom atmosphere indeed, and it's intensifying daily.

Thank you. Good piece.

I recently discovered this channel and am very much enjoying the content. Thank you! I'd be interested to know what the opinion of the channel's content creator is regarding the SEP and associated Trotskyist WSWS website.

enlightening, thank you. social-fascism is very much thriving here in the "social-democratic" scandinavia where revolutionary organization is a real struggle.

It's wild that people don't bring up enough how much wrecker shit Trotsky was doing before 1917, makes all the wrecker shit he did during his exile seem far less isolated. This is what this guy was from the outset. Is why you gotta keep these fucks out of your orgs.

Joined a marxist reading group and started Capital today. Economics is not my forte but i feel like im learning... Slowly!

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