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[[Paleoconservative]] historians in recent years have alleged that [[Neoconservatives]] believe in the Trotskyite Permanent Revolution because most of them came out of the Trotskyite cause in the 1930s. That is false. There are four fundamental flaws in the paleoconservatives' attack: most of the neoconservatives were never Trotskyites; none of them ever subscribed to the right-wing Socialism of Max Shachtman; the assertion that neoconservatives subscribe to 'inverted Trotskyism' is misleading; and neoconservatives advocate democratic globalism, not permanent revolution.<ref>See King (2005) </ref> Thus very few neoconservatives ever were Trotskyites, and even those discarded permanent Revolution when they rejected all forms of Communism.<ref> [[Irving Kristol]] for a while was a Trotskyite. As he noted, "I’ve been a neo-something: a neo-Marxist, a neo-Trotskyist, a neo-liberal, a neo-conservative and, in religion, always a neo-orthodox, even while I was a neo-Trotskyist and a neo-Marxist."</ref>
[[Paleoconservative]] historians in recent years have alleged that [[Neoconservatives]] believe in the Trotskyite Permanent Revolution because most of them came out of the Trotskyite cause in the 1930s. That is false. There are four fundamental flaws in the paleoconservatives' attack: most of the neoconservatives were never Trotskyites; none of them ever subscribed to the right-wing Socialism of Max Shachtman; the assertion that neoconservatives subscribe to 'inverted Trotskyism' is misleading; and neoconservatives advocate democratic globalism, not permanent revolution.<ref>See King (2005) </ref> Thus very few neoconservatives ever were Trotskyites, and even those discarded permanent Revolution when they rejected all forms of Communism.<ref> [[Irving Kristol]] for a while was a Trotskyite. As he noted, "I’ve been a neo-something: a neo-Marxist, a neo-Trotskyist, a neo-liberal, a neo-conservative and, in religion, always a neo-orthodox, even while I was a neo-Trotskyist and a neo-Marxist."</ref>
==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* James, C.L.R. ''World Revolution 1917-1936: The Rise and Fall of the Communist International.'' New York: Pioneer Publishers, 1937.
* King, William F. "Neoconservatives and 'Trotskyism'." ''American Communist History'' 2004 3(2): 247-266
* King, William F. "Neoconservatives and 'Trotskyism'." ''American Communist History'' 2004 3(2): 247-266
* Thatcher, Ian. "Leon Trotsky and 1905" ''History Review,'' Sept 2005, Issue 52, pp 21-25, in [[EBSCO]]
* Thatcher, Ian. "Leon Trotsky and 1905" ''History Review,'' Sept 2005, Issue 52, pp 21-25, in [[EBSCO]]