He was immediately drawn into a meeting on January 14 , 1917 of about 20 Left Wing Socialists at the home of German - American radical Ludwig Lore .
Early in 1917 , leading Russian - Jewish revolutionary socialist Leon Trotsky arrived in New York .
Leon Trotsky was immediately drawn into a meeting on January 14 , 1917 of about 20 Left Wing Socialists at the home of German - American radical Ludwig Lore .
Early in 1917 , leading Russian - Jewish revolutionary socialist Leon Trotsky arrived in New York .