Here is the video of the friendly chat between Peter Robinson asking the questions about Leon Trotsky and Christopher Hitchens and Robert Service taking turns to answer them on the Uncommon Knowledge program. We have covered this one before, but now the entire 36-minute interview is available and it is well worth listening to. The conversation ranges around Trotsky, who he was, what he did, what if he had led the Revolution instead of Stalin, and why did Hitch call himself a Trotskyist. If only Trotsky had inherited Lenin's job, amuses Hitchens, there would have been less anti-Semitism in the Soviet Union. For Service, a Trotsky administration would probably have caused a major European conflict in the 1920s as the Reds attempted to export the revolution by force of arms. Also, Hitch informs us that Trotsky saw himeslf as "a Cosmopolitan". Classic.
If the video isn't working, you may be able to catch it at this link .
“The enemies of intolerance cannot be tolerant." • "If it is an offense to justice to hold people who may have been victims of mistaken identity or of vendettas by other factions, then it is also an offense to justice to release psychopathic killers who believe that they have divine permission to throw acid in the faces of girls who want to attend school." • "Don't be such a lesbian!
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