A really good article from the Fortean times about my favourite political guru.
Check out the end and see just how influencial he was and how many people actually believed him.
http://www.forteantimes.com/articles/176_trots.shtml
The interesting thing is, a while back NASA released a report seemingly confirming his views that extraterrestrials must be communists by saying interstella travel is perfectly possible (nowadays) but the costs so great only state funded projects will ever be able to afford it.
Edited by Paul