Thursday, November 12, 2009

IRL 7

http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1934/12/kirov.htm

This is a re-distribution of phamplet written by Leon Trotsky in December of 1934, shortly after Kirov was shot. It relates to our investigation of Kirov's murder, adding the viewpoint of one of the most well known leaders of all time, and one who would soon be defeated by Stalin. Trotsky goes into everything that was linked to the assassination, touching base with major political leaders and historical events. The source seems reliable, with no advertisements, and is well cited. The web page was updated fairly recently considering it's a copy of a 75 year old document. However this source is based on a copy of an un-copyrighted publication of the original, whose meaning may have been altered since. The .org extension is also a sign of a good source but the website is called marxist.org so it may have a particular bias in favor or against Stalin.

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