Lenin and Trotsky: Burying the Hatchet
- Podcast Episode
- 2019
- 27m
It's early 1917. Europe is a warzone, and Marxist rivals Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky haven't spoken in years. Their would-be revolution has stalled. Lenin is confined to neutral Switzerl... Read allIt's early 1917. Europe is a warzone, and Marxist rivals Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky haven't spoken in years. Their would-be revolution has stalled. Lenin is confined to neutral Switzerland, where the Bolsheviks are struggling to stay afloat. Trotsky is across the Atlantic, h... Read allIt's early 1917. Europe is a warzone, and Marxist rivals Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky haven't spoken in years. Their would-be revolution has stalled. Lenin is confined to neutral Switzerland, where the Bolsheviks are struggling to stay afloat. Trotsky is across the Atlantic, holed up in New York and far removed from the revolutionary fight. But back in Russia, the ... Read all