Revolutionary Left (France)

The Revolutionary Left () is a Trotskyist political party in France. It is affiliated to the Committee for a Workers' International. The organisation is based around northern French towns such as Rouen.

History

The origins of the Revolutionary Left lie in the Revolutionary Communist League (LCR), from which its members were expelled after winning the majority of that organisation's youth section, Jeunesse communiste révolutionnaire to its ideas. At expulsion in 1992, it had roughly 50-60 members.

After one member spotted a poster for the October 1992 Youth against Racism in Europe (YRE) demonstration in Brussels, members joined that demonstration where they met representatives of the Committee for a Workers' International. They eventually joined the CWI after discussions.

EU Constitution

The Revolutionary Left advocated a no vote in the French EU Constitution referendum in 2005.

New Anticapitalist Party

In 2009, the Revolutionary Left participated in the foundation process of the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA) initiated by the LCR. The party became a current within the NPA while continuing independent work. In February 2012, the party left the NPA, which, due to its party structures and leadership, the Revolutionary Left no longer considers to represent a viable step towards a new mass workers' party.

Elections

In the 2004 district elections the party stood Leïla Messaoudi in district 5 of Rouen, winning 184 votes (4.1%).

External links

• Gauche révolutionnaire website (In French)

fr:Gauche révolutionnaire (1992)