October 2008 • Issue 416



Leon Trotsky (1879-1940 )

I can see the bright green strip of grass beneath the wall and the clear blue sky above the wall and sunlight everywhere. Life is beautiful. Let the future generations cleanse it of all evil, oppression and violence and enjoy it to the full.

Leon Trotsky (1879-1940 )
Russian revolutionary




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