Moissaye J. Olgin (1874–1939)

A reprint of the classic 1935 publication. M.J. Olgin was born near Kiev in 1878 and came to the United States in 1915. A long-time member of the Communist Party, Olgin was the founder and editor of the Yiddish-language paper, Freiheit, as well as a frequent contributor to the Daily Worker until his death in 1939. Once more the name of Trotsky cropped up in connection with an attack on the Bolshevik Revolution. Once more Zinoviev (and his old associate, Kamenev) appeared as collaborating with Trotsky. This time it was no mere word barrage. A great hero was destroyed. New Russia was robbed of a talented, courageous and universally beloved working-class builder of the Socialist system. The blow was aimed at the very heart of the Revolution. "The dregs of the Trotsky-Zinoviev opposition." . . . This is how the Soviet masses termed the band of plotters. And once more a gigantic surge of hatred rose among the millions of friends of the Soviet Union the world over for this man, Trotsky.… (más)