Leon Trotsky was assassinated in November 1939.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
The claim gets the date wrong: Trotsky was attacked on 20 August 1940 and died the next day, not in November 1939. The passage's 'axed in November' appears to refer to the same 1940 event, and the sources consistently place it in August 1940, so the claimed month and year are contradicted.
What was said
… Ah, they were not theoreticians; they needed to unify the party. Under Stalinism, they even forged, formed, a purging commission. Trotsky condemned them. He said that they were running a show trial on Moscow's behalf, and that was in March, in 1939. Trotsky was axed in November. Eventually, they even turned their guns on, on Shane. Solomon was released from prison, went to the Soviet Union, no problem, joined the Communist Party, and because he was in Latin America for so long, he was part of the Common Terms Executive Committee …
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Contradicts. BBC History states that on 20 August 1940 an assassin, Ramon Mercader, stabbed Trotsky with an ice pick, fatally wounding him, and that he died the next day.[2]
Contradicts. Britannica states that Trotsky was attacked by a Soviet agent in Coyoacán, Mexico, on August 20, 1940, and died of his injuries the following day.[3]
Contradicts. The AP reports that a Soviet agent attacked Trotsky in 1940 with an ice axe, mortally wounding him.[1]
Contradicts. Wikipedia and WSWS both date the fatal attack to 20 August 1940, with Trotsky dying the following day.[4][5]
Context. The passage says Trotsky condemned the purging commission in March 1939 and was 'axed in November', so the year 1939 is inferred from context. The sources still place the killing in 1940, not 1939.
Sources
5 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 tier 1, 3 not rated
- 1For decades, Moscow has sought to silence its critics abroadapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 2BBC - History - Historic Figures: Leon Trotsky (1879 - 1940)bbc.co.uk · tier 1 · cited for: contradicts
- 3The Assassination of Leon Trotsky | Britannicabritannica.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 4Assassination of Leon Trotsky - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 5On the anniversary of the assassination of Leon Trotskywsws.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts
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