| − | Trotsky also helped build the [[Red Army]] that defeated the White Russian Army in the subsequent Civil War in Russia, despite having no military experience of any kind. He also beat down the [[Anarchist]] movement of [[Nestor Makhno]]. Many massacres were committed under his orders, as even other leftists admit.<ref name="Slate">[http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/clives_lives/2007/04/leon_trotsky.html Leon Trotsky: He was a mass murderer, not the true champion of the working class.]</ref> | + | Trotsky also helped build the [[Red Army]] that defeated the White Russian Army in the subsequent Civil War in Russia, despite having no military experience of any kind. He also crushed the [[Anarchist]] movement of [[Nestor Makhno]] and brutally suppressed the [[Kronstadt Rebellion]]. Many massacres were committed under his orders, as even other leftists admit.<ref name="Slate">[http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/clives_lives/2007/04/leon_trotsky.html Leon Trotsky: He was a mass murderer, not the true champion of the working class.]</ref> |