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Trotsky Cookies Hoax Is Delicious

By Chantal Martineau, Monday, Apr. 27 2009 @ 2:00PM
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Photo borrowed from Indymedia
Reports are circulating that a group of bandits scaled the walls of Leon Trotsky's former home in Mexico City and stole his ashes, which they proceeded to bake into delicious looking chocolate cookies dotted with M&Ms. The cookies were then, allegedly, sent out to members of the media, Trotskyists and anarchists around the world. Apparently, some anarchists are still pretty sore at Trotsky for his role in the suppression of the rebellion against the Bolsheviks. The story is most likely a hoax--a Google search reveals that Trotsky's ashes were buried, not interned. Still, we're impressed by the imagination on those anarchists. And their baking skills.
[Indymedia UK via Cold Mud]

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Sarah DiGregorio says:

This is amazing!

Posted On: Monday, Apr. 27 2009 @ 2:29PM
Ashley says:

The confusion as to whether he was buried or interred is probably since they are the same word in Spanish - "enterrado". The anarchists put up pictures of them raiding the tomb/monument, which match if you bother to look up a picture of the tomb on google.

Posted On: Wednesday, Apr. 29 2009 @ 1:59PM
cmartineau says:

Yes, the photo does look real (I linked to it above). But I'm not quite convinced... in any case, quite a caper!

Posted On: Wednesday, Apr. 29 2009 @ 6:46PM
anon says:

If you bothered to check the wikipedia article, you would know that he was cremated:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Trotsky#Epilogue

Posted On: Tuesday, May. 5 2009 @ 12:49PM
nope says:

the story is true. i called the museum myself and they confirmed that the ashes were not buried.

Posted On: Wednesday, May. 6 2009 @ 8:51PM

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