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León Trotski. A pesar de formar parte central de la oleada denigratoria anticomunista que ha comportado la restauración conservadora, Trotski (Yánovka, Ucrania, 1879-Ciudad de México, 1940) ha seguido siendo valorado, debatido y editado, incluyendo películas y documentales. Actor y escritor marxista (abierto) desde finales del siglo XIX, logró sobrevivir el exterminio de sus partidarios y amigos hasta su asesinato fatal. Considerado ulteriormente como un émulo histórico de Aníbal, sin embargo la crisis y descomposición del estalinismo ha dado lugar desde los años sesenta a una recuperación del legado. Pepe Gutiérrez-Álvarez