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The Briefing Room: Trotsky, Trotskyism and Trotskyites

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08/09/2016

Trotsky, Trotskyism and Trotskyites

BBC Radio 4 - The Briefing Room, Trotsky, Trotskyism and Trotskyites

Are revolutionary socialists trying to take control of the Labour Party?

With accusations of Trotskyists taking over the Labour Party by stealth, who was Trotsky and what is his legacy?

The Labour deputy leader Tom Watson has warned that his party could be taken over by old Trots - Trotskyist entryists, who have no interest in winning elections but instead see Labour as a vehicle for revolutionary socialism.

But what is a Trot, who was Leon Trotsky and what do his followers in Britain actually want? 

David Aaronovitch is joined by:

Prof John Callaghan, Salford University 

Amy Leather of the Socialist Workers Party 

Michael Crick author of 'The March of Militant' and a journalist with Channel 4 News

Dr Bert Patenaude, Stanford University, author of 'Trotsky: Downfall of a Revolutionary'


Producer: Joe Kent
Researcher: Kirsteen Knight
Editor: Innes Bowen.

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