Italian communist dissidence and transnational Trotskyism towards the Fourth International (1928-1938)

• Main Author: Mastrolillo, Gabriele (Author)
• Other Authors: Rosenberg, Paul M. (Translator)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon : Routledge, 2026.
• Edition: First edition.
• Series: Marx and Marxisms.
• Subjects: Soviet Union > Politics and government > 1917-1936.; Soviet Union > Politics and government > 1936-1953.; Communism > Soviet Union > History > 20th century.; Communism > Italy > 20th century.; Dissenters > Italy > History > 20th century.; Trotsky, Leon, > 1879-1940.; Leonetti, Alfonso.; Tresso, Pietro, > 1893-1943.; Fourth International.; Soviet Union > Foreign relations > Italy.; Italy > Foreign relations > Soviet Union.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781003512523; 1003512526; 9781040406632; 1040406637; 9781040406687; 1040406688; 9781032843940
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (270 pages) : illustrations.

Following his expulsion from the Soviet Union in 1929, Leon Trotsky promoted the birth of an International Anti-Stalinist Communist movement which considered itself in opposition to the Communist International (Comintern). However, since 1933, it began to regard itself as an independent transnationa...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword to the English Edition. Introduction: Historiography and Sources. Chapter 1: The Italian Communist Dissidence and the Birth of the International Left Opposition (1928-1930) Chapter 2: The First Internal Disagreements in the International Left Opposition (1930-1932) Chapter 3: The International Left Opposition from the Copenaghen Conference to the "Independentist Turn" (1932-1933) Chapter 4: The Internationalist Communist League and the First Steps towards the Fourth International (1933-1936) Chapter 5: From the Movement for the Fourth International to the World Party of Socialist Revolution (1936-1938). Conclusion. Appendix