Talk:Literature and Revolution

Type of art advocated by Trotsky
'Strive to create its own proletarian art as many at the time thought.'

This is VERY problematic since it implies Trotsky advocated for the SAME KIND of art as say the socialist realist policies of Mao and Stalin. No, Trotsky agreed with Lenin that the old must be carried forward into the new i.e. socialist society does not totally abolish past forms of art which reflect ruling class interests and sensibilities but rather builds on and takes away the skills, techniques, etc developed in past forms of art. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.84.68.252 (talk) 22:15, 6 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Since the article says “&hellip; he went on to argue against the &hellip; conclusion that &hellip; the proletariat &hellip; should &hellip; strive to create its own proletarian art &hellip;”, it seems that it correctly presents the views you describe. But perhaps this misunderstanding suggests rephrasing it would be helpful. PJTraill (talk) 11:52, 6 February 2022 (UTC)

Dating disagrees with Russian site
I believe I see that our Russian site says that it was written 1907—1923 with additions in 1924, and was first published in 1923, as shewn in the image of the first page. This contradicts this site, which says it was written in 1924. Could someone in the know please correct the errors? PJTraill (talk) 11:37, 6 February 2022 (UTC)