The Transitional Program
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The Transitional Program is Leon Trotsky’s 1938 manifesto for the Fourth International, outlining a strategy of transitional demands intended to bridge workers’ immediate struggles with the goal of socialist revolution.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Trotskyist text
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political manifesto → |
| adoptedBy |
Founding Congress of the Fourth International
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| advocates |
building revolutionary parties
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expropriation of the bourgeoisie → sliding scale of hours → sliding scale of wages → workers’ and peasants’ government → workers’ control of production → |
| aimsAt |
establishment of workers’ power
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overthrow of capitalism → |
| alternativeTitle |
The Death Agony of Capitalism and the Tasks of the Fourth International
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| associatedWith |
Fourth International
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| author |
Leon Trotsky
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| countryOfOrigin |
France
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| criticizes |
Stalinist bureaucracy
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reformism → social democracy → |
| dateAdopted |
1938
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| focusesOn |
bridging immediate demands and socialist revolution
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| genre |
political theory
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revolutionary program → |
| hasPart |
introduction on the world political situation
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section on the role of the Fourth International → section on transitional demands → |
| historicalContext |
Great Depression
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Stalinism → rise of fascism → |
| ideology |
Marxism
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revolutionary socialism → |
| influenced |
post-war Trotskyist movements
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revolutionary socialist organizations worldwide → |
| keyConcept |
death agony of capitalism
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transitional program → |
| language |
Russian
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| movement |
Trotskyism
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| originalLanguage |
Russian
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| politicalPosition |
far-left
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| proposes |
transitional demands
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| publicationYear |
1938
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| publisher |
Fourth International
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| subject |
Fourth International
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capitalist crisis → programmatic strategy → socialist revolution → transitional demands → workers’ movement → |
| title |
The Transitional Program
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Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Trotskyism
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keyText |
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Leon Trotsky
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notableWork |
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The Transitional Program
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