Dear David,
I have just finished your biography of Leon Trotsky[1]. While I have some disagreements with some smaller
points raised in the book my primary concern is your treatment of Joseph Hansen on page 138.
Your somewhat gushing praise of
him concludes one to believe that you are
in general sympathy with his politics and his role in the Trotskyist movement.
I am surprised to see that you fail to inform your readers who would be probably reading about Leon Trotsky for
the first time that Hanson was, in fact, a United States government agent
working inside the Trotskyist movement.
If you do not agree
with this, then that is your right, but you
should have least inform your audience of
the massive evidence that has been produced
that points to Hansen’s’ role in Trotsky’s’ murder.
In the document attached, I
would like to draw your attention to the
investigation into Security and the Fourth International.
Notes
World Socialist Web Site online interview commemorates 75
years since the assassination of Leon Trotsky 5 October 2015
http://www.wsws.org/trotsky/interview/part1.html
[1] Trotsky (Life & Times) Paperback – 31 Aug
2004 Dave Renton
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