January 24th, 2015 Arrival to the house of Leon Trotsky in Coyoacan Place where the Revolutionary General Staff of the 4th International workers in life of Trotsky, where he fall from his fighting place by Stalinism “… we are the new generation who fought to keep the threads of continuity, we've declared war without quarter to Stalinism and counterfeiters of Trotskyism…” In the afternoon, I could go to Coyoacán and visit the house of Leon Trotsky. I took pictures; it is difficult to describe the feeling of the place. They have transformed the house and tomb of our leader into a sightseeing tour. Outside, the facade looks a cultural center. There sometimes are cine debate, reading activities and various cultural activities that have nothing to do with the work of his former resident. In the entrance books of "Marxism" and pins and souvenirs with the face of Leon Trotsky are sold. The rooms that were not preserved have on its walls pictures that allow a tour guide to talk briefly the life of a revolutionary man. On one wall a family tree reveals the cruelty with which Stalinism pursued the leader of the Fourth International until the last member of his family. Their missing grandchildren, daughters, sons and sons-in law murdered or forced to death by the bureaucracy, they have just left alive his grandchild, who is responsible for this house today as a "museum". The first feeling seeing all this is rage. Once you are inside and go around the rooms, which were left with the furniture and original objects, you can feel at home. There is his library full of books, instruments with which he recorded so that his secretaries can type his work. It is a humble house, you can see that. In a house worked the leadership of our party, its international center. The study room of Trotsky is such that we see in pictures holding newspaper, a desk, a small bed to rest, some books. One can imagine the quotes and conversations that took place there, that little room where he developed and the program of the foundation of our world party took place. And that little room where Stalinism gave the final blow, after many failed attempts. We are told, when he was attacked, Trotsky fought against his attacker and when the safeguards arrived he stopped them so they did not kill this Jaques Monard (false identity Mercader) to interrogate him. Trotsky died next day at the hospital while his murder when he is out of prison is received with honors and awarded under the law "Lenin" by the restorationist bureaucracy of USSR. |