One hundred years ago, Leon Trotsky and his supporters founded the Left Opposition, in order to defend the revolutionary traditions of Lenin and the Bolsheviks, and the ideas of genuine Marxism. Today, we stand on the shoulders of these giants.

In this talk, Jack Tye Wilson provides a Marxist response to Stalin’s “theory” of ‘socialism in one country’, and outlines the disastrous consequences of the Comintern’s abandonment of internationalism.

Based on the tragic events of the 1925-27 Chinese revolution, Bertolt Brecht’s ‘The Decision’ provides a powerful commentary on the betrayals of Stalinism and the idea of revolutionary sacrifice – something that liberal critics cannot understand.