Named after Iskra, but not a single book by Lenin, 3 by Trotksy and even a couple anarchists. This is the trend among university “communists” over here. If a revolution was successful, it must’ve not been a real revolution, except for the aesthetics.

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    It’s not a conspiracy, the U.S. government circulated documents detailing their plans and support for Trotskyist parties.

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      Which parties and which documents? I remember figures like Shachtman and Burnham beeing reactionary.

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        I don’t have them on hand, my apologies. I just remember reading pictures of the pamphlets.