Trotsky, Trotskyism and Trotskyites - a podcast by BBC Radio 4

The Labour deputy leader Tom Watson has warned that his party could be taken over by old Trots - Trotskyist entryists, who have no interest in winning elections but instead see Labour as a vehicle for revolutionary socialism.



But what is a Trot, who was Leon Trotsky and what do his followers in Britain actually want?David Aaronovitch is joined by:



Prof John Callaghan, Salford UniversityAmy Leather of the Socialist Workers Party



Michael Crick author of 'The March of Militant' and a journalist with Channel 4 NewsDr Bert Patenaude, Stanford University, author of 'Trotsky: Downfall of a Revolutionary'





Producer: Joe KentResearcher: Kirsteen Knight

Editor: Innes Bowen.

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