The international Trotskyist movement and the Soviet Bloc in 1956: growing divergences
Twentieth Century Communism - Print ISSN 1758-6437 - Online ISSN 2978-1329
Volume 2025 Number 29
The international Trotskyist movement and the Soviet Bloc in 1956: growing divergences
Marcio Lauria Monteiro pages 119‑142
Abstract
Events in the Soviet Union and its ‘satellite states’ in East Europe were significant for all those affiliated with the communist tradition, including Trotskyists, in whose theoretical-programmatic framework the characterisation of the Soviet Union always played a central role. This paper discusses how the 1956 events in the Soviet Bloc impacted the then-divided Trotskyist forces. It first presents an overview of the international Trotskyist movement, to contextualise its reactions to the 1956 events. It then goes on to demonstrate how reactions and interpretations of those events help us to better understand divisions within international Trotskyism and the divergent paths taken by its different sections.
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Marcio Lauria Monteiro (2025) The international Trotskyist movement and the Soviet Bloc in 1956: growing divergences, Twentieth Century Communism, 2025(29), 119-142