RISING IN TROTSKY'S VIEWS
Interest in the views of Leon Trotsky appears to be on the rise in several countries in Europe after declining for a number of years. —
In the Spanish emigration and underground press, several interesting studies on Trotsky have recently appeared.
The underground magazine Accién Comunista printed excerpts from the Revolution Betrayed and Permanent Revolution, along with a positive appraisal of the author. © oo
' Ruedo Iberico, a Spanish emigration magazine published in Paris, printed an article by Francisco Fernandez-Santos entitled "Trotsky, Our Contemporary," a very favorable commentary on Trotsky's life and role. In the same magazine, Jorge Semprun, a former member of the central committee of the Spanish Communist party, commented favorably on Trotsky's. book Terrorism and Communism.
In Denmark, the weekly S.F., organ of the left Socialist party, ran two articles entitled "Trotsky: Prophet or Traitor?" The author is Kai Moltke, a member of parliament and the Danish delegation to the United Nations, The articles are very favorable to Trotsky and contain a scathing attack against Stalinism. Moltke, the author of many books, was a leading member of the Danish Communist party for twenty years.
In Sweden, the Socialist students! official organ, 8; printed an article in a recent issue by Olaf 0. Berggren, "Trotsky in Memor-. iam." This was accompanied by a poem written by Karl 0, Andersson, "Homage to Trotsky."