Project Gutenberg 2012-02-25 Public domain in the USA. 99 Trotsky, Leon 1879 1940 Троцкий, Лев Давидович Trotzky, Leon Davidovich Trotsky, Lev Davidovitch 23011800 Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism): a reply to Karl Kantsky Produced by Odessa Paige Turner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism): A Reply to Karl Kautsky" by Leon Trotsky is a polemical work written in the early 20th century. This text engages in a critical debate with Karl Kautsky's ideas regarding socialism and democracy, specifically addressing the challenges of maintaining a proletarian revolution in the face of capitalist opposition. The book outlines Trotsky’s defense of the Bolshevik approach to governance, arguing for the necessity of a dictatorship of the proletariat to secure revolutionary gains against class antagonism. At the start of the work, Trotsky establishes the context of his critique, noting that his response was compelled by the ongoing revolutionary struggle in Soviet Russia amid civil war. He emphasizes that conventional views of democracy and non-violence in political transitions are inadequate, making a case for the revolutionary spirit embodied by the Bolsheviks. Trotsky critiques Kautsky’s arguments, suggesting that reliance on parliamentary avenues for progress ignores the violent reality of class struggle. He frames the debate as not merely theoretical but rooted in the practical needs of revolution, arguing vehemently that maintaining power through authoritarian means can be justified in the fight against capitalist oppression. Thus, the opening sets the tone for a deeply engaged and ideologically charged discussion that addresses the fundamental principles of revolution and governance. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Revolutions Communism -- Russia Kautsky, Karl, 1854-1938. Terrorismus und Kommunismus HX Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Politics Browsing: Sociology 482674 481865 2024-09-16T11:31:22.166092 2023-09-17T06:22:44.170785 text/html text/html 478448 2021-01-08T14:43:49 text/html; charset=utf-8 242071 2021-01-08T14:43:49 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 325876 2024-09-16T11:31:29.919059 application/epub+zip 332465 2024-09-16T11:31:25.147088 application/epub+zip 232965 2024-09-16T11:31:23.994254 application/epub+zip 629831 2024-09-16T11:31:33.783044 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 608910 2024-09-16T11:31:29.154221 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 463982 2022-09-17T17:54:01.246571 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 462636 462424 2024-09-16T11:31:21.569126 2023-09-17T06:22:43.645760 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 462234 2021-01-08T14:43:49 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 162799 2021-01-08T14:43:49 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 462232 2021-01-08T14:43:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 162739 2021-01-08T14:43:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21027 2024-09-16T11:31:33.923026 application/rdf+xml 25493 2024-09-16T11:31:24.432093 image/jpeg 4662 2024-09-16T11:31:24.255075 image/jpeg 317802 2024-09-16T11:31:22.210116 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia