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Mutiny Against Madness, by Konni Zilliacus

Reviewed by John Daniels

Labour Review, vol. 2 no. 6, November–December 1957 · scan page 37

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[p037] Mutiny against Madness (J.D.) 186 NEW PARK PUBLICATIONS LTD. THE NEW COURSE LEON TROTSKY The documentary his- tory of the earliest struggles against the rising Soviet Bureau- - cracy. pp 112 Demy 8 va 3/6 THIRD INTERNATIONAL AFTER LENIN INQUIRIES LEON TROTSKY SE Illuminates the differen- MACaulay ces between Leninism and Stalinism. Includes 7029 the political programme . of Trotsky against the regime of Stalin. pp. 416 Cloth 28/-. Paper 18/-. LITERATURE AND REVOLUTION LEON TROTSKY Trotsky’s celebrated — work on the relationship — of Socialism to Art ~ discusses early schools of Soviet Literature and the concept of ‘proletarian art’. pp. 256 25/- if 266 Lavender Hill, London S.W. 11 Printed by the Plough Press Ltd. (T.U.), r.o. 180 Clapham High St., London, SW4, and published by New Park Publications, Ltd., 266, Lavender Hill, London, S.W.11

[p038] Deutscher wrote: ‘A new generation of the Soviet intelli- gentsia are grappling with the significance of Trotsky’s struggle against Stalin and with its relevance to the problems of the post-Stalin era.... ‘The intelligentsia of Moscow, Warsaw, Prague, East Berlin (vide Harich’s “testa- ment”), and perhaps even of Peking, are wondering whether they can learn any- thing from Trotsky. Do his writings con- vey any message to communists who are freeing themselves from Stalinism and try- ing to shape an alternative to it?... “A classic’ ‘Of all Stalin’s opponents Trotsky alone has produced a systematic and compre- hensive critique. In The Revolution Be- trayed he offered the final version of that critique. ...In a curious way, it has been one of the most influential books of this century. Some of its ideas . . . have become widely popularized by a host of writers who have lived on crumbs... from Trot- sky’s rich table. ...

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