Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 18:00:27 -0600
To: marxism-AT-jefferson.village.virginia.edu
From: rahul-AT-peaches.ph.utexas.edu (Rahul Mahajan)
Subject: Re: Critique of Trotskyism-and Trotsky


>    Carlos:
>
>    As far as I know the role of Trotsky in the 3rd International was
>    one of writting several of the central theses and documents of the
>    fist four congresses and a limited organizational activity.  He
>    dealt with the problems of party and party line of about six
>    countries (China -- very little besides the documents -, US,
>    Canada, Britain -- and, beleive it or not -- India!)  Again these
>    activitites are complete;ly unrelated to my point.

Maybe Trotsky was influenced by the fact that India at the time had a
population roughly equivalent to that of China, 4 times as much as any
other country. It also had a genuine indigenous political left, with a very
large potential base of support.

Rahul




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