IZVESTIA" ATTACKS THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL
In the language of Stalinism, the word "Trotskyism" is about’ the strongest epithet that can be hurled at: an opponent. Both Moscow. and Peking have referred to "Trotskyism" in this. way curing their current dispute. Ncither of them, unfortunately, have offered to discuss the real positions of the world Trotskyist movement or even to present them accurately although they relate directly to the great questions of war and peace, revolution and socialism which lie at the heart of the conflict on its ideological side.
On September 13 Izvestia printed an article signed by ng, Ivanovitch, " taking up almost half the socond page of the issue, purporting to give its readers an account of the present status of the world Trotskyist movement. This is the first time this has occurred in the Sino-Soviet dispute and the first time in many years that a Soviet publication has offered anything so extensive on "Trotskyism" to its readers. Below we print a translation of this article. Watch for our follow up on its meaning -= and its departures fron factual accuracy,
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