On 21 August 1940 Leon Trotsky, the Marxist thinker and fighter, and
co-leader of the Russian Revolution, along with Lenin, was murdered by
one of Stalin’s agents.
Plutocrats wield power and influence by virtue of their wealth. The
ultra-free-market, globalised capitalism of recent years has produced a
new breed of super-rich plutocrats.
In the first week of March share prices surged on the New York Stock
Exchange followed by other major exchanges. Does this signify a revival
of the global capitalist economy?
