70th Anniversary of the assassination of Leon Trotsky Share TweetOn August 21, 1940 the great revolutionary fighter, theoretician, and martyr, Leon Trotsky, died of the wounds inflicted in a brutal attack by a Stalinist agent. To mark the 70th anniversary of his assassination we want to bring to the attention of our readers some of the material we published on our website about the life, work and ideas of Trotsky. Trotsky's Relevance TodayBy Ted Grant, Summer 1990 Ted Grant recalls the impact of Trotsky's deathBy Ted Grant, August 1990 The House in Coyoacan - Reflections on Trotsky's last yearsBy Alan Woods, 30 June 2003 In Memory of Leon TrotskyBy Alan Woods, 23 January 2000 The Assassination of Leon TrotskyBy Vsevolod (Esteban) Volkov, 20 August 1999 Esteban Volkov speaks in BarcelonaBy Esteban Volkov, 31 July 2003 The fight of the Trotsky family - interview with Esteban VolkovEsteban Volkov interviewed by Alan Woods, 17 June 1988 [Video] Trotsky AssassinationThis is a short video by Discovery Channel on the assassination of Trotsky. See also: Trotsky.netThe purpose of this web site is to provide an overall view of the ideas and struggles of Leon Trotsky. Set up by the International Marxist Tendency.