So I know that trotskyites get a lot of heat from this community but I’ve been reading about trotsky and his opinions seem pretty good? He called himself a Bolshevik-Leninist which obviously isn’t great but the idea of international socialism seems better, IMO, that national or Stalinist type socialism. Maybe I’m misunderstanding something here though so somebody tell me why I’m wrong.
Make no mistake, Trotsky was still a great statesman of his own, was instrumental in building the socialist movement prior and up to the revolution, and despite everything he proved to be a capable and ruthless leader in the following civil war. With that said, I've not read much of his work, so I've got nothing to recomment off the top of my head. Check out Marxists.org for his collected works.