Esme Choonara, A Rebel’s Guide to Trotsky, London: Bookmarks, 2007, Page 30:
Trotsky and Lenin believed that revolution in the West – in one of the key centers of capitalism – was necessary to secure the future of the international revolution. But they both also understood the importance of the revolts by those oppressed by colonialism and imperialism.
As Trotsky put it in 1919, while on the frontline with the Red Army, “The road to Paris and London lies via the towns of Afghanistan, the Punjab and Bengal”
… and Cairo, Gaza, Beirut and Baghdad.
