A stirring, passionately argued defence of the continued importance of the Russian Revolution for today's struggles. In 1932, despite being forced into exile and harried by the regime brought to power in its wake, Leon Trotsky delivered a rousing defence of the Russian Revolution to an audience of social-democratic students. In 2017, Ahmed Shawki undertakes the same task, with a similar audience in mind. This stirring book combines these two defenses of the revolution for its centenary.