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However, Trotskyist groups have almost always been very much a fringe element in the politics of the countries where they were active. The sole exception is [[Sri Lanka]], where a Trotskyist party called the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) formed part of a [[coalition]] government from 1964 to 1975.  

However, Trotskyist groups have almost always been very much a fringe element in the politics of the countries where they were active. The sole exception is [[Sri Lanka]], where a Trotskyist party called the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) formed part of a [[coalition]] government from 1964 to 1975.  

Trotskyism is a form of democratic communism. It has never been tried in practice, because Stalinism instead became the dominant communist ideology.  

Trotskyism is a form of communism. It has never been tried in practice, because Stalinism instead became the dominant communist ideology.  

==Why has Trotskyism failed?==  

==Why has Trotskyism failed?==