21 August marks the anniversary of Leon Trotsky’s death, following an attack by a Stalinist agent. This article by Alan Woods, originally published in 2000, commemorates this revolutionary titan who preserved the authentic traditions of Marxism and Bolshevism for future generations.

In the third part of our podcast series on the lessons of the Communist International, Thomas Soud covers the ultra-left mistakes made by the young forces of communism, and how Lenin and the Comintern corrected this “infantile disorder”.

To kick off our six-part series on the lessons of the Communist International, Fiona Lali outlines the rich history of Marxist internationalism, stretching from Marx and Engels’ efforts to build the First International, through to Trotsky’s Fourth International.