Révolution Permanente
Révolution Permanente | |
|---|---|
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| Leader | Anasse Kazib Ariane Anemoyannis Elsa Marcel Adrien Cornet |
| Founded | April 2011 (as a current of the NPA) December 18, 2022 (as a party) |
| Split from | New Anticapitalist Party |
| Newspaper | Révolution permanente |
| Youth wing | Le Poing Levé |
| Women's wing | Bread and Roses |
| Ideology | Trotskyism Anti-racism Socialist feminism Anti-imperialism Anti-fascism Internationalism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| International affiliation | Trotskyist Fraction – Fourth International |
| Colors | Red |
| Website | |
| revolutionpermanente.fr | |
Révolution Permanente (RP) is a French political organization adhering to Trotskyism. It was founded in 2022 as the French section of the Trotskyist Fraction – Fourth International, originating from the Courant communiste révolutionnaire (CCR), a tendency of the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA) until 2021. According to La Croix, Adèle Haenel is an activist of Révolution Permanente, and Assa Traoré and Frédéric Lordon are supporters of the organization.[1]
History
[edit]Internal current of the NPA
[edit]The Revolutionary Communist Current (Courant Communiste Révolutionnaire, CCR) was officially founded in April 2011. It initially emerged as an independent current within the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA), named the Collective for a Revolutionary Tendency, which joined Platform 4 for the first NPA congress. It advocated for a revolutionary orientation, opposing several other platforms considered too moderate.[2][3]
Departure from the NPA
[edit]A dispute between the NPA and the CCR led to the latter's departure in 2021. While the CCR accused the NPA of "long-term exclusion" and a rightward shift, the NPA maintained that the CCR had voluntarily left.[4]
At the NPA congress in 2018, the leadership, historically linked to the Revolutionary Communist League (LCR), secured a relative majority. However, the CCR criticized the leadership for prioritizing an alliance with La France Insoumise over revolutionary goals, which they described as a shift towards reformism.[5]
Presidential campaign of Anasse Kazib
[edit]After the CCR's departure, Révolution Permanente endorsed Anasse Kazib's candidacy for the 2022 French presidential election. Kazib's campaign was marked by opposition to systemic racism and fascism, as well as advocacy for worker solidarity. Despite gathering significant public support, the candidacy was marred by media exclusion and threats from far-right groups.[6]
Kazib's campaign faced challenges in securing the necessary endorsements for official candidacy and concluded with 160 endorsements, below the required 500.[7]
General strike network
[edit]In 2023, RP launched the "General Strike Network" in response to the pension reform protests. This initiative included mobilization of workers, intellectuals, and activists, aiming to extend strikes and coordinate grassroots movements.[8] Le Journal du Dimanche noted the rising domination of the Révolution Permanente and its youth group, the Le Poing Levé, during the strikes against the French pension reform of 2023,[9] and Le Monde remarked that the Révolution Permanente's "media visibility" was "disproportionate" to its size during the 2023 protests.[10] According to Arrêt sur images the website of the Révolution Permanente has become indispensable to striking workers.[11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Adèle Haenel : qu'est-ce que Révolution permanente, le collectif d'extrême gauche que l'actrice a rejoint?". la-croix.com. La Croix. Retrieved 2024-08-10.
- ^ PTS, Argentina (2 December 2012). "A revolutionary platform is born in the NPA!". Trotskyist Fraction – Fourth International (in French).
- ^ "¿Qué es el Colectivo por una Tendencia Revolucionaria?". Trotskyist Fraction Fourth International (in Spanish). Retrieved 2016-07-25.
- ^ Mestre, Abel (2021-06-12). "Division or expulsion? The NPA shaken by a major internal crisis". Le Monde. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
- ^ Zappi, Sylvia (2020-07-27). "The New Anticapitalist Party threatened with implosion". Le Monde.
- ^ Dupont, Sarah; et al. (2022-01-25). "Poutou, Arthaud, Kazib: Three Trotskyists in the French Presidential Election". Libération.
- ^ "Validated endorsements by candidate - French Presidential Election 2022". French Constitutional Council. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
- ^ "Tribune in the JDD: Nearly 300 signatories call to "generalize the strike"". Journal du Dimanche. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
- ^ "Le Poing Levé, l'organisation étudiante qui veut « aider les travailleurs à bloquer le pays »". www.lejdd.fr. Le Journal du Dimanche. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
- ^ "A l'extrême gauche, Révolution permanente tente de dépoussiérer le trotskisme". lemonde.fr. Le Monde. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "Révolution Permanente, le média militant qui monte". www.arretsurimages.net. Arrêt sur images. Retrieved 2024-08-06.