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    Permanent Revolution: Trotsky's Blueprint for Today's Movements

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    7 dic 2025
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    A deep dive into how Trotsky's revolutionary theory explains modern political movements from Bernie Sanders to climate strikes, revealing why local struggles must become global to succeed.

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    The theory of permanent revolution is ultimately about integration—understanding how different struggles connect, how local and global dynamics interact, and how present reforms relate to future possibilities.

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    Deep dive of the russian revolution from a Trotskyist context. Apply current day political movement implications

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    Fuentes de conocimiento
    Leon Trotsky: The Character of the Russian Revolution (1940)
    link
    https://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1940/xx/russia.htm
    An Introduction to Trotsky's Theory of Permanent Revolution
    link
    https://www.leftvoice.org/an-introduction-to-trotskys-theory-of-permanent-revolution/
    Three Conceptions of the Russian Revolution (Summer 1939)
    link
    https://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1939/xx/3concepts.htm
    Socialism
    Reclaiming the Theory of Permanent Revolution Today
    link
    https://www.leftvoice.org/reclaiming-the-theory-of-permanent-revolution-today/
    Relevance of the Communist Manifesto

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    1

    Opening & The Revolutionary Context

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    0:40
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    1:17
    2

    The Peculiar Genius of Russian Backwardness

    1:34
    1:52
    0:59
    2:25
    2:46
    3:05
    3:25
    3:43
    4:03
    3

    The Three Conceptions and Today's Left Divisions

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    2:46
    7:27
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    4

    The Permanent Revolution Framework Today

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    5

    International Revolution in a Globalized World

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    6

    The Failure of "Socialism in One Country"

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    7

    Contemporary Applications: From Sanders to AOC to Global Uprisings

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    The Question of Revolutionary Agency

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    9

    Lessons for Movement Strategy

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    10

    The Future of Permanent Revolution

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    11

    Closing Reflections and Revolutionary Horizons

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