The Trotsky Publications Fund $20,000 goal set to distribute works in USSR

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world and showed the way forward out of capitalist barMarch 1989, a small group of my friends and collabora- against the Tsar, the White counterrevolution, the impetors traveled to the Soviet Union, on a tour sponsored by rialist invasion, and the Stalinist Thermidor. We have a Walnut Publishing Co. in San Francisco, to speak to So- chance to repay them in some small way for their treviet citizens and government officials about the possibil. ity of clearing the name of my grandfather, Leon TrotLeon Trotsky, who embodies the revolutionary struggle and 1917, to the creation of the Red Army, to his crugained energy for continuing with the goals of clearing Leon Trotsky and his family and fighting the Stalinist placed us in a position to see that his works are availaI am now making an appeal for friends to help with a new and exciting project, which follows up on the success of that inspiring tour. It is now possible for the first much more can be done to see that Trotsky's works are time in over 60 years to get the writings of Leon TrotTion was only made possible by the generous contribufour-volume set " Archives of Trotsky: The Communist tions of friends, it is only with your help that we can en Opposition in the USSR 1923-1927" has been published in the Soviet Union, in an edition of 100,000 copies by Third International After Lenin" will be published in a Terra Publishers, a Moscow cooperative. Walnut Pub- timely manner, unedited and unabridged, in the Soviet lishing Co. gave essential help to get this published in the USSR at this time. More can be done, but your help is now that the fate of the Russian Revolution and the workers and peasants of the Soviet Union inspired the SOCIALIST ACTION OCTOBER 1990 23 Walnut Publishing Co. has learned of exciting opportunities to have many more of Trotsky's works published in the Soviet Union than it had previously thought possible.

A four-volume work, "Archives of Trotsky: The Communist Opposition in the USSR 1923-1927" was recently published by Terra publishers, a Moscow cooperative. The set, compiled by Dr. Yuri Felshtinsky, was printed in an edition of 100,000 copies and is on sale throughout the Soviet Union.

Dr. Felshtinsky told Socialist Action: "This is a very important event. Books by Trotsky have not been published in the Soviet Union since the 1920s. I want to thank Walnut Publishers for their invaluable help in getting this edition published in the USSR."

Walnut has also been working to have the two-volume Russian edition of "Stalin" published. We have now learned that it may be possible for seven more volumes of Trotsky to be published, including "The Comintern After Lenin" (which has never appeared in a Russian edition) and his writings on the Chinese Revolution.

Walnut would like to embrace this chance and go forward with this project as boldly as possible. But we need your help. This is a costly project. It cannot be done unless we raise significant sums of money.

The total cost of the project will be in the neighborhood of $20,000.

Walnut Publishing Co. received a letter from Trotsky's grandson, Esteban Volkov, urging support of this project [see letter below).

Please heed his request and give generously to the Trotsky Publications Fund. Help ensure that we can get Trotsky published in the Soviet Union as soon as possible. The sooner his writings are available, the sooner they can have an impact on the debate now taking place in Dear Friends, We have a great historic opportunity before us. In sky, and to investigate the possibility of his writings being published.

With this successful tour we met new friends and censorship.

sky published in the Soviet Union.

An important first has already been accomplished. A is needed.

This is a crucial time in the struggle for socialism. It gains it made will be decided. In October 1917 the levels of Soviet society.

As a bonus, donors of $50 will receive a volume in Russian of the books by Trotsky which, with your help, are being published in the Soviet Union. Donors of $75 will receive two volumes, of $100 four volumes, and of $250 and over, eight volumes.

Checks should be made payable to: Trotsky Fund/Walnut Publishing Co., 3435 Army St. #308, San Francisco, CA 94110.

barism and war. ble to the Soviet people.

available to the Soviet people.

Publication Fund.

Esteban Volkov, Coyoacán, Mexico man from 10 years of raping the workers and public, he failed to keep his airline empire. A decline in the economy, combined with sharp competition in the industry, hit Lorenzo's airlines hard.

The strikers' visibility on the picket line, urging boycott, was also a factor in his downfall. At the same time, Lorenzo did destroy the lives of tens of thousands of union workers at Eastern, Continental, and other airlines that he took over.

Although all employers do the same to their workers, Lorenzo was unable to go nonunion and make a profit for his shareholders. Ultimately, it was the bottom line that led to his demise.

They gave their lives in the millions in the struggle mendous sacrifice for the world socialist movement.

It is necessary that they be able to read the words of from his leadership of the Petrograd Soviets in 1905 cial role in the fight against Stalinism. History has Walnut Publishing Co., by taking advantage of every opportunity, has made a great start. With your help In the same way that the 1989 tour of the Soviet Unsure that works of Trotsky such as "Stalin" and 'The Union. I urge you to give generously to the Trotsky

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Leon Trotsky's grandson urges support for project to publish Trotsky's works in USSR