The history of a revolution is for us first of all a history of the fo…

Leon Trotsky
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The history of a revolution is for us first of all a history of the forcible entrance of the masses into the realm of rulership over their own destiny. ✨ Leon Trotsky, Max Eastman (2008). History of the Russian Revolution, p.15, Haymarket Books
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The history of a revolution is for us first of all a history of the forcible entrance of the masses into the realm of rulership over their own destiny. ✨ Leon Trotsky, Max Eastman (2008). History of the Russian Revolution, p.15, Haymarket Books

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