Listen "Leon Trotsky #3 - What led Trotsky to become a revolutionary?"
Episode Synopsis
What led Trotsky to become a revolutionary? Sharp, sensitive naturel critical of father’s business High school 1890s – read revolutionary literature Claimed Jewish oppression was not a factor Developed Marxist approach, joined revolutionary circles Arrested & exiled to Siberia
Joshua Rubenstein presents the life and works of Leon TrotskyMr. Rubenstein was Northeast Regional Director, Amnesty International USA 1975 - 2012 and is an Associate, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard UniversityMr. Rubenstein's works include:Leon Trotsky: A Revolutionary’s Life, Jewish Lives series at Yale University Press. Soviet Dissidents, Their Struggle for Human Rights and Tangled Loyalties.The Life and Times of Ilya Ehrenburg.Co-editor of Stalin's Secret Pogrom: The Postwar Inquisition of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee.Co-editor of The KGB File of Andrei Sakharov.Mr. Rubenstein was awarded the National Jewish Book Award, East European Studies
Joshua Rubenstein presents the life and works of Leon TrotskyMr. Rubenstein was Northeast Regional Director, Amnesty International USA 1975 - 2012 and is an Associate, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard UniversityMr. Rubenstein's works include:Leon Trotsky: A Revolutionary’s Life, Jewish Lives series at Yale University Press. Soviet Dissidents, Their Struggle for Human Rights and Tangled Loyalties.The Life and Times of Ilya Ehrenburg.Co-editor of Stalin's Secret Pogrom: The Postwar Inquisition of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee.Co-editor of The KGB File of Andrei Sakharov.Mr. Rubenstein was awarded the National Jewish Book Award, East European Studies
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