What was Trotskyism?

Answer 1

Trotskyism was Leon Trotsky's philosophy that communism had to be achieved by permanent revolution in all countries. Karl Marx initially felt that no single country could survive as a communist country surrounded by capitalist countries and Trotsky agreed. Joseph Stalin believed that socialism )not communism at this point) should be firmly established on one country (Russia) first, then it could be advocated in others.