Yeah, also, lenninsist/Stalinist also have a weird idea about that statement.
Permanent revolution from his writings means that he saw that the bourgeoisie were always creeping back in power and building a new powerbase in the new framework.
What I think he meant (because it’s not very clear from his letters) is that he wanted countries to never solidify power in an elite group and instead act like a new revolutionary countty all the time. That does not mean actual revolution forever. I might be wrong but that’s how I read it.
Was it feasible or realistic ? I don’t know, but I know that Mao said about the same thing after the cultural revolution.
the original “permanent revolution” as put forward by marx and engels was what you described. a permanent struggle against bourgeois infiltration, which has always held true.
Trotsky’s “permanent revolution” was the idea that the proletariat couldn’t rely on any other classes. Specifically, trotsky denied the revolutionary potential of the peasantry. he then argued that before socialism can be built, the revolution has to be spread. Preferably in a spontaneous, global revolution.
Yeah, also, lenninsist/Stalinist also have a weird idea about that statement.
Permanent revolution from his writings means that he saw that the bourgeoisie were always creeping back in power and building a new powerbase in the new framework.
What I think he meant (because it’s not very clear from his letters) is that he wanted countries to never solidify power in an elite group and instead act like a new revolutionary countty all the time. That does not mean actual revolution forever. I might be wrong but that’s how I read it.
Was it feasible or realistic ? I don’t know, but I know that Mao said about the same thing after the cultural revolution.
the original “permanent revolution” as put forward by marx and engels was what you described. a permanent struggle against bourgeois infiltration, which has always held true.
Trotsky’s “permanent revolution” was the idea that the proletariat couldn’t rely on any other classes. Specifically, trotsky denied the revolutionary potential of the peasantry. he then argued that before socialism can be built, the revolution has to be spread. Preferably in a spontaneous, global revolution.
this was stupid so he got ice axed