Leon Trotsky - Stalin's Arch Enemy Documentary

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[@PeopleProfiles]

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[@kimobrien.]

Trotsky's writings are still published by Pathfinder Press.

[@dudebro3250]

Where abouts did you guys mention Trotsky was born as Lev Davidovich Bronstein?

[@ap0563]

Note that geographically Odessa is not in Crimea but in the southern Ukraine on the black sea west of the Crimea penisula

[@dannyenglish7828]

Odesa is not part of Crimea !

[@pierreperignon5408]

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[@chezigerin]

my great grandfather was trotsky's childhood friend when they lived in kherson. trotsky visited him in NY shortly before his assassination in mexico

[@joecurran2811]

What was Trotsky like?

[@brotherbrovet1881]

​@@joecurran2811he was a fuckin' mass murderer.

[@mclvusa]

He tried to ski, but failed miserably

[@rachelmacgowan86]

That's incredible. What did your great grandfather say about him? Trotsky must have been a loyal person, valuing friendships made in childhood and maintaining them into old age.

[@chezigerin]

@@rachelmacgowan86 unfortunately, as per my grandfather, he was quite reticent about it - a few shrugs and head nods, but nothing more. thanks for asking though

[@alexanderdoddy7590]

One of those Historic figures that everyone has heard of, but most don't know many details. Incredibly interesting to learn about!

[@greggwilson492]

Agreed

[@damianbylightning6823]

There's a Russian lang multi-parter online - Netflix, I think. It is very good - makes Trotsky out to be an idiot, plays up his adventurism, vanity and so on. It invents a lot of fairly inconsequential stuff to bring out his character flaws - which had true believers frothing at the proverbial. You can't get a better recommendation than a Trot's scoff.

[@damianbylightning6823]

@@alep_bet Could be! Whatever, let the leftist civil wars rage.

[@gophercure-self]

@@damianbylightning6823 It's shite.

[@dalemccorkel7946]

similarly, those who may speak of socialism or communism or critical race theory, yet haven't a clue of what they actually are ...

[@theleninist4272]

Ramon Mercader never broke into the house, he was invited in as he had an appointment with Trotsky .

[@fitveganathleteintegrateda1695]

That is what I thought too.

[@Jamestfarrell]

Nice to see someone who actually knows history-and NOT how to generate "Click-Bait"!

[@michaelchambers8807]

He wanted to see Trotskys rabbits!

[@Griboslaw]

Yeah, such mistake at the start of a video is not giving me much hopes with the rest...

[@alexanderlawson1649]

Yes I believe from my studies, many years ago, the assassin pretended to be a sympathiser to the cause in order to attack Trotsky.

[@r.w.bottorff7735]

I'm a little disappointed that the Kronstadt rebellion wasn't detailed, as it shows Trotsky at his most brutal. The slaughter of these men, who had very bravely voiced their concerns about bolshevism, mark one of the key events necessary to understand this man.

[@janethayes5941]

I have learned more from this channel than just about any place else and I truly appreciate it and you.

[@janethayes5941]

@@ulisesjorge 😁😅🤣 you're funny!👍🧡

[@Petey0707]

shame most of it is liberal propaganda

[@stephenpoole5331]

Trotsky helped to breed and raise the bear, and it ate him.

[@patrickgleason2066]

Fair comment! Unfortunately that very dangerous “bear” “ate” many millions of other people also.

[@rotcivlovosin9414]

What Is missing from this docu is the fact that no mention is made of the hardships and brutality employed by the 14 imperialist armies that invaded The young Soviet state. Stalin is often viewed as a representative of the Russian revolution, of communism, of the revolutions in the 20th century. Yet nobody wants to analyze why he came to power, what were the material conditions that facilitated it and the damage that he did to the future history of humanity. Long live trotsky and Lenin! Long live Marxism!!

[@miniflem1]

@@rotcivlovosin9414 Why would they want to engage in an actual factual discussion when they can engage in near hysterical levels of hyperbole, about a subject that none of them knows anything about. Because it's easier for them than to address the inequities of their own ideology. Rather than critique figures from history for their successes and failures, they turn them into Marxist versions of Jason Voorhees, butchering defenceless capitalists with a bloody hammer and sickle. Watch the amount of ill-informed and over-emotional shite your post receives in the coming hours and days. (And mine, I hope!).

[@robertgoines1831]

Yep + damn near almost everyone around him, and it seems like at least twice so you'd think that everyone in the 2nd cleansing would've obviously knew about + some even viewed 1st hand the false accusations + that Stalin would eventually turn back toward them . So I don't understand that once the mass executions kinda slowed down and Stalin kinda laid off for a minute why everyone else + their mommas weren't on the 1st thing smoking outta the USSR

[@miniflem1]

@@rotcivlovosin9414 Or they can just leave drunken, impenetrable gibberish. See Robert below. Jesus, Finnegan's Wake is easier to understand.

[@GeorgeVaaeth-kc9wc]

Trotsky was always devoted to the working class and was one of the greatest orators to ever speak in front of the masses. His "History of the Russian revolution" is an amazing read. One of my heroes, for sure. The Russian revolution can't really be understood without reading his works.

[@user-hg7gj7sd1t]

We in Russia have an expression "You lie like Trotsky." It is said when a person, despite the fact that his lie is obvious to everyone, continues to lie.

[@rjpalada5549]

Good one

[@kimchi2780]

Враньо

[@petrokrasnov2967]

@@kimchi2780 i’ve read some of Trotsky‘s works they are filled with lies I don’t think the comparison is false! And for the record there’s an awful lot of lies spread about Trotsky trying to elevate him into a historical hero status for the socialist communist apologists! The conflict between Stalin and Trotsky was personal but what Trotsky did during the Civil War was horrendous and worthy of war crimes status.

[@josephmatthews7698]

I wonder what it means if you lie like Stalin? Is that where you lie and anyone who calls you out 'disappears?' Or perhaps is that more like, 'lie like Putin.' If you lie like Kruschev you pay them off to buy into the lie? I know if you 'lie like Trump' whoever calls you out for lying must immediately themselves be called out for lying. You could have some fun with that. Leaders suck.

[@nealejohnson1952]

A Stalinist lie obviously.

[@juliagaines8320]

I love this channel so much. I wish my history classes in university were even half this detailed. Keep up the good work!

[@willardmusick1187]

University history classes are replete with omissions. Then the omissions filled with daily shifting winds of revisionism. Famacide.

[@jerryklooster438]

I know the lives of Trotsky and Stalin are forever intertwined, but I would have liked to hear a little more about the former, and a little less about the latter. Interesting though. Good job.

[@MrDarchangelomni]

That is insane, I learned all of this in 10th grade public school.

[@Alansworstnight]

Teachers are just there for their check.

[@grahambell96]

...and it's only HALF the story!!! Read my comment above...

[@yaragi]

This is just marvelous. Especially in these (still) hard times we are going thru, having a quality channel like this with quality content one can rely on is a real gem. Thank you.

[@louisecorchevolle9241]

So the "russian "revolution more Coup d'Etat" was not only Russian, also Ukrainan with Trotsky, Georgian with Stalin Polish with Dzerrsinski

[@kimobrien.]

@@louisecorchevolle9241 The Soviets were councils of workers, soldiers and peasants. The provisional government was just that provisional. A situation of dual power. Not a coup.

[@patrickmorris3721]

🤷‍♂️👆

[@excellentcomment]

These are still hard times? You just watched a video detailing the horrors of the Russian revolution and the unsurpassed evil of Stalin, and you can claim we have it tough? No. We're living life on silken pillows compared to any other time in the history of the planet. You're right that this video is marvelous -- in part because it makes that point so graphically.

[@vincedibona4687]

What hard times? If you mean the Coof, it was only as hard as you made it. I never wore a mask, didn’t “socially distance”, didn’t lock myself up, and never got sick. 👍🏻

[@todeotodeo140]

I find it interesting that the name he is known by was from a passport he had obtained from one of the guards in prison . He just went with the name and kept it for the rest of his life.

[@jasonlee8156]

Yes. They all used fake names/passports in order to evade the tsar's secret police. Lenin's real name was Ulyanov and Stalin's real name was a long unpronounceable one. I can't even spell it. In Russian the name Stalin is supposed to mean man of steel.

[@tjsbbi]

Of course Stalin also adopted his name as a pseudonym.

[@Jaffacall3251]

@@tjsbbi yeah he was Cobber

[@pietervonck3264]

@@Jaffacall3251 koba, sorry for nitpicking.

[@FreejackVesa]

A lot of revolutionaries do that, it's called a "nom de guerre" or "name of war", a pseudonym used during time of strife to protect family and friends. Pretty much all revolutionaries do this. Compared to a "nom de plume" which is a name used for writing, aka a pen name.

[@rofinkitali3765]

I learned Russian history in secondary school. This channel has unearthed what my teachers did not cover. I wish I could sit for the examination today. From Tanzania.

[@longpmike3161]

Thank you for sharing this guy and I will be always on this channel 😘😘😘

[@jessemcdonald5124]

When I was a kid I loved Monty Python(still do) and one entire episode of the circus was a parody about Trotsky and that was introduction to his life and work.

[@imagseer]

An outstanding historical documentary, thank you for putting so much time and effort to assemble it in such great detail.

[@hughjass1044]

This is only my second video but already becoming a big fan of this channel.

[@robertschlesinger1342]

Very interesting, informative and worthwhile video.

[@deanvrabl]

I have been waiting for biography on Leon Trotsky. I am pretty sure that I have watched them all ...... those biographies only Trotsky was missing in my playlists. Thank you, thank you very much for this very good biography and very quality videos thanks for sharing and greetings from Slovenia.

[@juliogarcia7670]

I strongly recommend you to read his autobiography and his History of the October Revolution.

[@wendeqallab6656]

Nobody does it better the the English . Thank you for your documentary I enjoyed this very much. Many people have forgotten him.

[@pietervonck3264]

Revolution betrayed and fascism, what it is and how to defeat it, also history of the revolution, great books

[@rotcivlovosin9414]

why don't you just pick up books written by Trotsky or others who wrote about him. There are hundreds. It is important, however, to note the political angle of each. Good luck!!

[@currencylad7125]

@@stevenyourke7901: A classic distortion of the facts and his character.

[@Tjecktjeck]

Quite understimated figure in history. Was on point when he foreshadowed how and why USSR would fall apart. No to mention his role in revolution and civil war.

[@gabrielmarceloecheverriadi2286]

Because his rol in the civil war is covered by shame and crimes. It stain the image of idealistic hero, the friend of the justice and the savior of working classes. This period expose his hungry for power and show he is capable to do anything to obtain it.

[@mirba6933]

He is an genocidal maniac whose name wasn't Leon Trocky. He, Lenjin, and others who have killed tens of millions of Russians and others in the USSR.

[@user-dk8nt4dy8h]

​@@gabrielmarceloecheverriadi2286 I agree that Trotsky's role in the civil war was covered by crimes but by no means it was out of place. I hate violence but I think its fair to say that without Trotsky's iron rule, it would have been impossible for the reds to win. The whites were getting support from the west and they had more organized and well armed troops. Trotsky did not had the luxury of passion and cliche heroism. He needed to find a way to surivive. Keep the fire of revolution burning in Russia. And at the end he did find a way to achieve that, it was not pretty but it worked and many people overlook that. If it wasn't for Trotsky there would have been no Soviet Union. And that is a fact. Ofcourse I am not saying it was only thanks to him but I am saying that his role was crucial for the survival of communism in Russia. His victory was later on stolen from him by no one other than Stalin but thats a entirely different topic.

[@ianwatson5605]

@@user-dk8nt4dy8h Very well articulated brother.

[@kimobrien.]

@@ianwatson5605 The working class has no saviors but itself. Trotsky gave his life for the cause of the working class. He speaks to and for me.

[@michaelskinner3067]

I bought Trotsky's account of the revolution from Waterstones when I was eighteen, I'm now 43 and it has remained unread.

[@benjaminrees6665]

Of the few biography channels I watch, the rest are too incomplete. These are in depth and we'll put together in all aspects. Great work once again thank you!!

[@mikelbb.1670]

Trotsky is just as bloody as Stalin I thinks

[@KermitFrazierdotcom]

Lenin was far more homicidal than Stalin & Trotsky put together. But he was a Rock Star and could gett I away with Murder

[@morganavredenburg1546]

Mum told us of a 'Civics' instructor who tried to chivvy the class into chanting "Glory, Glory, Glorioski, We Love Lenin & Trotsky"- then collapsed in tears when not a single student would comply...

[@ranhat2]

Powerful, involved, educational ...a world class series

[@mrcapybara3579]

I've been waiting patiently for this video.

[@charlesyost8507]

Thanks for the great history lesson! Love From Orlando

[@xleplex7070]

“Trotsky organised a strike against his teacher” damn, if only I had that idea...

[@mortall4141]

A very good video with accessible explanations of very complex ideologies and personalities. History is always subject to hindsight and release of new information and it is impossible today to truly "live" the life of people in that situation and time. Like many who changed history Trotsky is impossible to tag as an arch villain or hero.

[@NerdilyDone]

Naaaaaah....Trotsky is responsible for a lot of deaths. He helped promote Leninism, which was frankly just as bad as Stalinism. Oh, and as a cherry on top, he had an affair with Frieda Kahlo, while living on her husband's dime.

[@Kurtlane]

I don't know that "arch villain" means, but Trotsky was a villain. Definitely a villain.

[@marcgrossman980]

Hero LOL. Villian for sure.

[@stephenreeds3632]

Unlike Stalin, who was just a bastard

[@steveweinstein3222]

So much information successfully packaged into a spellbinding narrative, Good job!

[@SamIAmSXE]

Great work! Trotsky was always a fascinating figure.

[@warphace]

Bolshevism led to the spread of communism and the cold war, death of millions, he wasn't even russian, and those from his tribe are trying to start the same style of rule today, all the same people, beady eyed glass wearing cunts.

[@arejetko]

Great treatise on Lev et al. I will check out your other videos now.

[@Shadyshooter]

Really great video. Good work!

[@MithradatesVIEupator]

Was recently hoping for a doc on Trotsky.. then sure enough 🙏🏻

[@zenodotusofathens2122]

Is your icon Baldwin the Leper?

[@MithradatesVIEupator]

@@zenodotusofathens2122 yes! 🙏🏻

[@zenodotusofathens2122]

@@MithradatesVIEupator only a history nerd like me would know this

[@eg4848]

@@zenodotusofathens2122 or someone who watched the movie lol

[@zenodotusofathens2122]

@@eg4848 Actually I am a history need. I've been studying history all of my life and I'm an old dude. I may not know about engineering, medicine, or how to bake French bread but history is my thing. 😂🤣

[@rinalore]

Trotsky was the original "Globe-Trotter"! I have to say that I giggled, throughout this doc about Trotsky. I lost count of the many places Trotsky ran-to, and how many Continents and Countries he was arrested-in? I think Trotsky has earned the "World Record" for 'most travelled & arrests', for a "globe-trotter", during his time in History. If I were his wife, I'd have gone, "insane". 🇨🇦✌🏻♥️✨🌍💫

[@raylast3873]

Trotsky and his wife (and his son Lev) were committed revolutionaries who were willing to take on any hardship for the cause they followed until their death. Trotsky felt that his writings were vital in helping new generations of revolutionaries make sense of the enigma that the USSR had become as well as Stalin and a massively changed and convoluted world situation. And he kept at it even as Stalin murdered almost his entire family (both of his sons, both of his daughters if you count one driven to suicide, his ex-wife) and almost anyone associated with him, from former leaders of the Bolshevik party (like Joffe, Smilga, Kamenev), to young left-oppositionists, to even just his secretarial staff. You will be hard-pressed to find any other figure in history who was persecuted with such extreme zeal and tremendous material effort-all for his writings. Pretty much no exiled politician in history was ever considered this much of a threat to his opponents, especially when you factor in that Trotsky himself had almost no material resources and no foreign power ever sponsored him.

[@cosuinofdeath]

Giggled huh

[@alexandertroup5324]

I really liked this program in it's edited length while Trotsky is a true modern nomadic.

[@michaelwilson2340]

It would be great to do a whole episode on the Cheka and "Iron Felix" Dzerzhinsky. When you heard a knock your door in the night, you knew you were in trouble.

[@EmpowerSportsMagazine]

Look up the Sidney Street Siege. You will find something interesting on the Cheka.

[@michaelwilson2340]

@@EmpowerSportsMagazine Thanks! I'll check it out.

[@EmpowerSportsMagazine]

Look up Peterss, Sidney Street Siege, Cheka. Apologies as my phone can't do the line above the e in Jekabs, which was his first name.

[@michaelwilson2340]

@@EmpowerSportsMagazine No problem at all. Thanks!.

[@grioulaloula8594]

There is a statue to Iron Felix in Moscow. The only Pole Russia liked.

[@casimirotambunting]

GOOD VIDEO , WELL RESEARCHED.

[@Jamestfarrell]

You might try doing some actual research yourself if you think this is an accurate portrayal of history.

[@ivancsapod]

Lev Davidovich Bronstein "Trotsky", one of the leaders of the 1917 bolshevik revolution in Russia, gave a resounding speech at a workers' meeting around 1920. With his presentation he confidently captured the interest of his listeners, and after making sure that no one dared to object, he encouraged those present to come to the platform next to him and refute what was said. There was great silence in the space, but suddenly there was movement in the crowd, and then a worker stepped onto the platform with a walking stick in his hand. "Comrades! See this walking stick? This will tell you the story of the Russian revolution. Before the revolution, the country was ruled by aristocrats. This is indicated by the button on the end of the walking stick. The iron on the other end of the stick represents the convicts. The center of the stick is the symbolic place of the workers and the peasants. Now I turn the stick around. See, the revolution has happened, comrades. The aristocrats are now below, the convicts are now above - but your place had not changed..." The worker was executed a few days later...

[@danieldavidisson9906]

bullshit

[@mphrdldn]

Oh, no!

[@mphrdldn]

Nasty and sad

[@Charlesputnam-bn9zy]

17:50 Shaggy-Leo, while in NY worked as journalist for the red paper ''The Daily Worker'', & appeared occasionally as an extra on the Broadway scene as his favorite negative character : the Jewish loanshark.

[@tanjaigor4518]

That's strange.. He was a Jew after all.. Same like Zinoviev and Kamenev.. Same as Lenin's grandfather.. Same like Karl Marx.. Same like Klara Zetikn husband Osip Zetkin and her best friend Rosa Luxemburg.. Same like 90% of Mensheviks.. Funny how 2-4% of Jews in Russia managed to get 80% of seats in soviets.. Wonder if Stalin noticed the pattern..

[@vincedibona4687]

He had a great head of hair. Conditioner didn’t even exist then. I’d kill for that hair. 😂

[@MagicalSkyWizard]

Same with Stalin

[@bashakruk]

Thats what comes to your mind after watching this...his hair... fool

[@mobiuspaw494]

Thank you for this informative video.

[@paulcateiii]

always look forward to uploads from the Peoples Profiles - would you consider doing a biography on Cecil Rhodes

[@leonardmoriarity7066]

More power to the people

[@leonardmoriarity7066]

I love. It Is. Tomorrow's

[@leonardmoriarity7066]

Peoples of today. Will rise

[@user-nl7wc9fx2g]

My compliments on a magnificent, comprehensive & straight-forward presentation of the man known as Leon Trotsky, his life, his goals & his motivations. Trotsky & Stalin were actually two ruthless, brutal dictators who were pursuing basically the same ends but by different means (personal power versus the ideal of The Revolution). Trotsky's demonstrated heartlessness (the army's blocking units, for example) belied his so-called "humane" face. While the end result would have been pretty much the same, I suspect Trotsky's ruthlessness might have been a bit less blatant than that of Stalin. A million & one thanks for presenting this highly educational video. joeinbuenosaires 😎

[@Johnnycdrums]

It was glorious to see Trotsky lose the Soviet Polish War.

[@MrDXRamirez]

A remarkable piece of history.

[@yunusemresoylu7756]

Could you make videos on the German and Soviet generals of WW2.Some are so interesting.

[@josecarlosfernandezgomez3182]

Recomiendo la lectura de los libros : Stalin, historia y critica de una leyenda negra (Domenico Losurdo), Stalin insólito (Ricardo E. Rodríguez) y Otra mirada sobre Stalin (Ludo Martens)

[@tavishhari5529]

Corrections: Trotsky did not oppose the NEP he just wanted more planning alongside the NEP. In early 1920 it was Lenin and not Trotsky who opposed a future NEP. Also the labour camps of 1919 and early to mid 20s were much smaller and vastly different from the gulags of the 30s(living conditions were not like gulags but more similar to normal prisons).

[@tavishhari5529]

Also Stalin wasn't a known contender in early 20s and someone like Zinoviev and Kamenev were more likely than him to head the state. Trotsky was offered the position of deputy chairman of sovnarkom multiple times in 1922(March/April and September). Also Trotsky was never in the "far-left" of the party, until 1921 and 1922 workers opposition made up the far left of the party and even in the 1923 left opposition there were members originally from the group of democratic centralism which existed until 1921.

[@secundusytp4517]

I wish you would get more into what motivated Trotsky and made him tick, along with the events of the Revolution and his infamous feud with Stalin. It seems more like this is all glossed over, things are presented matter-of-factly with little detail. I want a look into this mans life not a chronological record of events, such as XYZ happening here on this date. I want to know *why* it happened and what were the factors that led to certain decisions being made. Could really benefit from going more in-depth.

[@webstercat]

You should do the work since it interests you.

[@kushalbasnet8751]

Man .. even Lenin knew Stalin was a danger to Soviet people, but was too late ..

[@miniflem1]

Apparently, Lenin changed his mind about Stalin's suitability for leadership, after Stalin had an abusive freak-out at Lenin's secretary, when she refused to put him through on the phone.

[@papamiller8644]

Stalin was a animal who should have hung

[@MobiusMinded]

Lenin, and Trotsky were just Stalin Light. Evil fucks that should have been aborted.

[@ANTHONY-vg1be]

@@papamiller8644 stalin is a hero who doubled the life expectancy of russians as well as literature and caloric intakes trotsky got what he had coming he worked along side faceist Japan and nazi Germany against the ussr for self gain

[@fitveganathleteintegrateda1695]

@@ANTHONY-vg1be are you sure about this. Lysenkoism.....

[@SharkMinnow]

History teacher here in Beijing. Subscribed!

[@josephmatthews7698]

I'd love to read about an alternate history where Trotsky took the Kremlin instead of Stalin.

[@zonzeven]

Very interesting video. A small correction: Odessa is not on the Crimea (1:48).

[@honey-feeney9800]

Isn’t Odessa on the Black Sea ? And a port city ?

[@zonzeven]

@@honey-feeney9800 Yes, Odessa is on the Black Sea. Yes, it is a port city. No, it is not on the Crimea. Yes, honey-- feeney, you can check it on Google Maps, please report back to me :)

[@bashakruk]

Crimea is a peninsula, Odessa is a city, not the same

[@mre4818]

One of the best history channels around!

[@helenegan1079]

Its shallow and misses out the hidden funding for this Russian Revolution. Millions given to Trotsky to destroy the Russian Czarist Russia. Jacob Schiff was behind this funding and he funded around 300 Jews who left NY on the same ship. The War with Poland and how it impacted on the rest of Europe had Communism won the war there was nothing to stop the Communists from marching onto Berlin and Europe. First WW was more brutal than WW2 and wiped out generations of youth there would have been no armies left to stop them taking the rest of Europe Berlin and Paris. Anoying to think there are more of this shallow interpritation of what the Russian Revolution was about. Trotsky was a SOB and no loss to humanity. He deserved what he got in the end. No love for Stalin but Trotsky had he lived would have no doubt been more trouble for the World. May he burn in hell!

[@kimobrien.]

@@helenegan1079 Just more slanders and bullshit.

[@SagesseNoir]

@@helenegan1079 Evidence for your claims are what?

[@brentwalker8596]

Fantastic documentary on a fascinating and important figure

[@williamdunlop97]

Enjoyed it worth the watch

[@fattyginsberg4977]

I would suggest that everyone visit the Trotsky house/museum in Coyaocan, CDMX.

[@ucctgg]

I recommend the book "The Assassination of Trotsky". It goes deeply into his death, which is much more complex than presented here. Otherwise this was a very well done video.

[@leopoldmsemburi7551]

Assassinations, by definition and deliberately, are always complex .

[@ucctgg]

@@leopoldmsemburi7551 I see nothing in the definition of assassination that has or implies the word "complex".

[@SagesseNoir]

Who's the author of that book?

[@Mofi357]

its a cool word tho

[@Mofi357]

secret attack often for political reasons a plot to assassinate ,where it might boil down to a simple plan its complex as fuk son

[@davidskeffington1269]

Thanks for the video. I have to say socialism does not work without democracy. It is true democracy that levels the playing field so different groups and classes are recognized as legitimate and no violence is necessary or called for.

[@fitveganathleteintegrateda1695]

Are democracy, socialism, communism, theocracy or fascism possible without fundamental capitalism.

[@frederickfullerton4745]

The Democratic Labour party in Germany voted for war in world war !

[@kimobrien.]

That would be nice if only the capitalists didn't send fascist bands to defeat the trade unions.

[@xEnder515]

@@fitveganathleteintegrateda1695 Democracy and capitalism are fundamentally opposed to one another.

[@redchthonic]

Ice Pick is not an axe but a sharp pin used to break ice for drinks.

[@RichMitch]

Exactly fifty minutes, delightful

[@danhanqvist4237]

It would be more in accord with historical reality to call Trotsky Stalin's "arch-rival". Trotsky was also a ruthless and murderous totalitarian. Read his book on terror, for instance.

[@i1q1b1a1l1]

Leon Trotsky was a great revolutionary who played a pioneer role in Soviet Russian revolution in 1917.

[@johnhesselworth7564]

Let’s not forget that Trotsky had quite a few soldiers sentenced to death while he was in charge of the army. Obviously that was normal in those days and Trotters wasn’t shy about imposing it. However, I remember when I was a teenager we would often wear T shirts with a picture of LT on the front as if he deserved the peace prize. Funny old life.

[@kimobrien.]

The American Bourgeois Democratic Police show no such pacifism. Peace Prizes go to such US Imperialist Bourgeois war mongers like Henry Kissinger and Barak Obama. Le Duc Tho to his ever lasting credit never accepted his from the Democratic Socialist "Imperialist" Norway.

[@drstrangelove4998]

Indeed, I didn’t know LT was also an advocate of the red terror, army blocking units either.

[@jinka6171]

Yep. Kinda like kids wearing Che Guevara shirts not knowing what a cowardly Castro thug he was. ‘The Motorcycle Diaries’ Ha. Never been on a motorcycle in his entire life.

[@xchen3079]

@@drstrangelove4998 They were red terror advocates, no exception.

[@arifahmedkhan9999]

Ah yes, don't kill, when in a war, that's what makes you worthy of respect? Like, think before you seethe.

[@stevenleek1254]

Stalin has no lasting ideological influence. Trotsky is the surviving legacy and influence.

[@Enrico_Palazzo_opera_singer]

he was a murderous bastard...just a little less than stalin...which doesn`t say much

[@MaximusR93]

I believe Trotsky was the ideology, Stalin was Communism in practice.

[@reverend-mother-the-kathbadine]

He still has admirers and followers. in Russia he is still well admired by workers. Other places throughout the world i think will also have admirers. Not everyone has full knowledge of Stalins activities deeds and misdeeds. Therefore there will be people whose history admires him.

[@aresjerry]

He laid the groundwork for the true holders of power in a communist state. Only the useful idiots and the intelligentsia that will be purged soon after a revolution would look to Trotsky for any political advice. Stalin is who's playbook you you'd follow to rule.

[@danielarroy4853]

Stalin will forever live in history

[@Anna-jr8gu]

Very interesting thanks 😊

[@barbiewert7182]

So fucking evils

[@miniflem1]

@@barbiewert7182 So terribly, terribly 'evils'.

[@karencarter8292]

Trotsky did not leave NY empty-handed or alone. Your documentary does not mention this.

[@barryspurr9577]

Very well done.

[@Supadubya]

The discussion of Blocking Units is outright propaganda- as they were charged mainly with dealing with deserters, not retreating units, and NEVER gunned down masses of men in tactical retreats (which were allowed- it was unauthorized retreats from the battlefield entirely that could see individual OFFICERS executed) is shown in slanderous films like "Enemy at the Gates."

[@jaybee9269]

“Lenin returned to the capital.” Well, the Germans returned him, in a sealed train, like a plague bacillus. They knew what they were about.

[@jrm2fla]

Huge mistake… communist Russia turned out to be a greater threat than Czarist ever would have been

[@arifahmedkhan9999]

Well it's him or the cuckold tsar Nicholas and this was predetermined by the people whom the tsars had forced into serfdom since their births, and what was decided was that a Tsar would never be allowed to regain power.

[@tbone450r]

Then the USSR cured Germany of nazism

[@stuarthastie6374]

The house of Trotsky was heavily fortified with bulletproof window shutters and doors, high walls and God towers with armed guards. The assassin was a guest Trotsky was murdered from behind while sitting at his desk. The weapon was originally reported as an ice pick in Spanish.

[@quantumcomata105]

He escaped the Siberia gulag not Once but Twice?!? Insane

[@canman5060]

It is so sad to know that the assassin was once a dedicated student admirer of Trotsky.

[@miniflem1]

@@aweeg0yfromtheemeraldisle341 Yokel.

[@brianstockwell4069]

@@miniflem1 Leo, Is Molly still with us?

[@miniflem1]

@@brianstockwell4069 Gladyougetthereference.

[@simonholyoak8869]

The King is always slain by his own courtiers

[@kgbkgb7616]

you can never be left enough comrade

[@RootlessNZ]

Thank you for this excellent documentary with a brilliant narration.

[@lindamcdermott2205]

Good timing to hear this info during Russia-Ukraine war...background history...i wish it could have been presented a little slower...i had to stop many times to note dates and travel.

[@f.a.y.makeithappen4069]

FANTASTIC. VID,,,,,, THANK. YOU. FOR. THE. KNOWLEDGE,,,,,,, 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@bowieupland6112]

"Bronstein".... of course.

[@weirdshibainu]

Stalin really knew how to play the game.

[@catholiccrusader5328]

Agreed! the man of steel would have easily fit in here in Chicago where his kind are welcomed.

[@aleksisuuronen5969]

@@catholiccrusader5328 yeah sure get Hitler, Pol Pot and Kim Jong Sung too. Welcome welcome

[@ryanfinnerty6239]

@Alan Creswell-laing It is difficult to even officially state him a “man”. Hitler was deluded by similar paranoia of Jews but Stalin, the weakest Bolshevik of political intellect, was a monster that had zero regard for human life, not even the life of his own.

[@SetTrippin82]

@Alan Creswell-laing well said.

[@tss77]

@@catholiccrusader5328 Stalin's terror would be welcomed in Chicago right Fred, see a Doctor in brain disorders right away.

[@user-ey6rc1uo3i]

I know there are some quite high mountains in Mexico - but really it's one of those places where you would expect to be safe from getting an ice axe in your head.

[@cosimo7770]

Why the continuous background 'music' ? Why does PP have such a low opinion of its viewers that we must be distracted in case we understand what you are saying ?

[@astralclub5964]

Most revolutions devour their founders!

[@robertpatterson3321]

Oh yeah? Tell it to Fidel! HaHaHaHaHa!

[@speaktruth933]

Thanks for your effort to bring the life of a revolutionary to life after he is almost forgotten by later generations

[@kimobrien.]

Trotsky is more alive today as Stalin and Mao fade into their graves.

[@georgefuller280]

@@kimobrien. ... how can we ever forget Josef Stalin's (authorized) purges of thousands of the leaders of the Red Army. There are some memories of Stalin that will never fade into history.

[@stuarthastie6374]

In the Trotsy home/museum in Mexico City they show that the assasin was aguest in the fortrwss who was being shown a bewspper article by Trorsky when hw did the murder.. There was no way to break in...

[@gertvanniekerk46]

I would like to have heard a bit more about the role and period of Kerensky and a little bit more about the differences, if any, between that of the October and November uprisings/revolutions! If man can just start realize that no organization or nation has or can conquer EARTH we will start on a better deal for mankind-thus real humanity must first prevail. I would like to have heard a bit more about the role and period of Kerensky, the assassination of Trotsky in Mexico?, and a little bit more about the differences, if any, between that of the October and November uprisings/revolutions! If man can just start realizing that no organization or nation has or can conquer EARTH we will start on a better deal for mankind-thus real humanity must first prevail. Very informative and HiGHLY professionally presented.

[@johnallright6847]

I am an old man and had allways heard of him but didnt realise what an interesting and brave man he was. Good video.

[@petrokrasnov2967]

He was a mass murderer do you make such claims about Ted Bundy? You always have to be careful about who is producing videos and writing books. The first approach to credibility is to know the author producing the work! There is no defense for this man, he terrorized millions throughout the Russian empire Many of whom perished during this terror.

[@CharlesBenninghoff]

John, are you so old you cannot discern between cowardice, butchery and assassination and rightful government action?

[@danjohnson887]

His name also inspired the condition you get when you eat to much Borscht: a bad case of "Trotsky"...

[@iainrobb2076]

That's what you get when being too pick-y with your food.

[@basharabuali5514]

Excellent report

[@tml721]

He was too passive and it ultimately cost him everything

[@seaniemc83]

Michael Collins would be an interesting profile to do 🇮🇪

[@aussiemilitant4486]

This, absolutely this.

[@harrietharlow9929]

Dewfitiely. I look forward to seeing his life here.

[@raymondjelich185]

Which one, the Irish Republican Army military leader or the American astronaut who died about a week and a half ago?

[@harrietharlow9929]

@@raymondjelich185 Why not both?

[@aussiemilitant4486]

@@raymondjelich185 its pretty obvious which one right?

[@magnoliamike]

I wonder how the Soviet union would’ve turned out with Stalin dead and Leon Trotsky the leader

[@jackprecip5389]

More than likely 60 million Christians would have been killed instead of 40 million Christians. It is an interesting hypothesis though, in that Bronstein was the darling of global central bankers and intellectuals, whereas Stalin, although initially lauded by global leftists, eventually became a enemy to the elitist globalists and bankers when they started to view him as a paranoid thug who began to isolate himself and distrust everybody (which meant mass purges and executions of party members), especially the international elites. There are those that speculate that internationalist elite's actually wanted Hitler to defeat Stalin in the East and get rid of him before the Western powers would then get rid of Hitler. Who knows if that has any merit or not?

[@marcgrossman980]

@@jackprecip5389 just a bunch of rubish. Stalin was an evil killer, but he didn't kill 40 million christians. The correct number is about 10 million. Where did you get 40 million from? Please provide a source.

[@hiddenhook6087]

@@jackprecip5389 albert pyke and 3 world wars. Read it

[@robhoard9114]

They would have been communist.

[@blackpage716]

@@hiddenhook6087 debunked

[@brianruzek5487]

Wouldn’t be surprised if Stalin had found some way to poison Lenin 100 years ago. The cover up would have been comprehensive, which begs the question

[@idkhistory5850]

Good video comrade

[@johnkeller6063]

This is a great video. I wonder what would have happened to the USSR IF Trotsky had defeated Stalin

[@aaronnolan1653]

It would have collapsed very quickly

[@xchen3079]

@@aaronnolan1653 Agree. But I would like why you say so.

[@footisman2059]

It would collapse very quickly due to Trotsky being a narcissistic jerk who nobody liked.

[@pappujack7667]

I remember working and reading about Leon Trotsky in History at college. Stalin considered him as his enemy. Some of the cities that are mentioned in here, are now in Ukraine.

[@kingkandy]

At 41:37 you have film of Ulrich Wilhelm Schwanenfeld during his trial in 1944 at the Nazi 'People's Court'. It isn't Grigory Zinoviev!

[@pepesilvia3490]

Stalin may not have been intelligent regarding economics, political theory, or military command, but he was undeniably a genius regarding power politics within a bureaucracy

[@ryanfinnerty6239]

Lucky. Faults in committee structure allowed one without, like you said, vast intelligence that a leader requires. The man was never tipped for success, and if not for faults of opposition and Lenin early death he’d of been a nobody.

[@miniflem1]

@@ryanfinnerty6239 I disagree, Stalin was a master of the word behind someone's back. In a region with a history as brutal as the Russian Empire, it was always going to be Stalin.

[@ryanfinnerty6239]

@@miniflem1 teenagers in secondary schools are also good at talking behind backs. Some props for him allowing his mediocre political ability to be underrated so heavily by his colleagues however

[@miniflem1]

@@ryanfinnerty6239 Stalin knew to keep his mouth shut, Trotsky couldn't shut up. Apparently this was the initial reason for their dislike of each other.

[@ryanfinnerty6239]

@@miniflem1 chalk and cheese. Good man bad man smart man dumb man

[@samhelsel443]

I wonder how he was able to "escape" from prison multiple times!!

[@phil3924]

Right, and had the funding to travel so much. I suspect he was controlled opposition.

[@aemas3942]

He was the son of a rich man.

[@WaltzRitzi]

“You can’t escape hell and it’s demons when you’re the one who helped create it”

[@keyabrade1861]

"I hear it always. I hear the scream. I know he’s waiting for me on the other side."