Leon Trotsky on China. Introduction by Peng Shuzi

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This volume contains a collection of Trotsky's writings on the Chinese revolution of 1925-27 and its aftermath.

This failed revolution ended with the deaths of tens of thousands of communist workers and the total destruction of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as an organised mass movement of the working class. One cannot understand the fundamental problems in modern Chinese history, in particular the nature of the Maoist regime that was established in 1949, without understanding the lessons of 1925-27.

The perspective for the Chinese revolution was at the heart of Trotsky's struggle against the Stalinist bureaucracy. In this struggle, his theory of Permanent Revolution was put to a gigantic test—for the second time. With the support of the Soviet bureaucratic apparatus Stalin prevailed, leading to the betrayal of one of the most promising revolutionary opportunities since 1917. The defeat in China was a decisive blow to the Left Opposition. At the end of 1927, Trotsky was expelled from the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) and then from the USSR.

FULL 14 VOLUMES OF WRITINGS OF LEON TROTSKY 1929-1940

Fourteen volumes covering the period of Trotsky’s exile from the Soviet Union in 1929 until his assassination at Stalin’s orders in 1940.

Writings of Leon Trotsky (1929)

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Writings of Leon Trotsky (1930)

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Writings of Leon Trotsky (1930-31)

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Writings of Leon Trotsky (1932)

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Writings of Leon Trotsky (1932–33)

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Writings of Leon Trotsky (1933-34)

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Writings of Leon Trotsky (1934-35)

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Writings of Leon Trotsky (1935-36)

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Writings of Leon Trotsky (1936-37)

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Writings of Leon Trotsky (1937-38)

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Writings of Leon Trotsky (1938-39)

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Writings of Leon Trotsky (1939-40)

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Writings of Leon Trotsky (Supplement 1929–33)

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Writings of Leon Trotsky (Supplement 1934-40)

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Joseph Stalin Collected Works, volume one to twelve:

Collected Works Volume 1
Collected Works Volume 2
Collected Works Volume 3
Collected Works Volume 4
Collected Works Volume 5
Collected Works Volume 6
Collected Works Volume 7
Collected Works Volume 8
Collected Works Volume 9
Collected Works Volume 10
Collected Works Volume 11
Collected works Volume 12

'€œTheory is the experience of the working-class movement in all countries taken in its general aspect. Of course, theory becomes purposeless if it is not connected with revolutionary practice, just as practice gropes in the dark if its path is not illumined by revolutionary theory. But theory can become a tremendous force in the working-class movement if it is built up in indissoluble connection with revolutionary practice; for theory, and theory alone, can give the movement confidence, the power of orientation, and an understanding of the inner relation of surrounding events; for it, and it alone, can help practice to realise not only how and in which direction classes are moving at the present time, but also how and in which direction they will move in the near future.'€