28 September 2007

[Ted Grant Archive – Update] The Need for the International

The Third International was created by Lenin and Trotsky as an instrument of world revolution. However, as Ted Grant wrote in 1943, the Comintern under Stalin quickly degenerated "into a kept whore of the Stalinist bureaucracy, applying its policy according to the changing moods of Kremlin policy. In reality the creation of the International was not a question of sentiment or convenience, but arose directly from the objective tasks posed in front of the international working class."

The Third International was created by Lenin and Trotsky as an
instrument of world revolution. However, as Ted Grant wrote in 1943,
the Comintern under Stalin quickly degenerated "into a kept whore of
the Stalinist bureaucracy, applying its policy according to the
changing moods of Kremlin policy. In reality the creation of the
International was not a question of sentiment or convenience, but arose
directly from the objective tasks posed in front of the international
working class."