Leftist Parties of France

PARTY			PERIODICALS	CONTACT	IDEOL.	INTERNAT.	ELECTION Parl. '02		OTHER
Alternative of the Militant / Socialism for the People	Alternative du Militant / Socialisme Pour le Peuple	ADM/SSP	Unité Sociale	e-mail	rad. left.		-
Anarchist Coordination	Coordination Anarchiste		Le Libertaire	e-mail	anar.		-		f. as split from Union des Anarchistes
Anarchist Federation	Fédération Anarchiste	FA	Le Monde Libertaire	e-mail	anar.	IAF	-		f. 1953
Association for a Republican Left	Association pour une Gauche Républicaine	AGR		e-mail	left. nat.		-		f. 2002 as split from MSC
Balance and Perspectives	Bilan et Perpectives		Bilan et Perpectives, other page	e-mail	left. com.		-		f. 2000
Bolshevik Group	Groupe Bolchevik		Revolution Socialiste	e-mail	tro.	CCITP	-		f. 2001 as split from Militant Regroupement..., led by Marie-Laure Herblot
Circle for the Construction of the Revolutionary Workers Party, of the Revolutionary Workers International	Cercle pour la Construction du Parti Ouvrier Révolutionnaire, de l'Internationale Ouvrière Révolutionnaire	CCPOR	Combattre pour le Socialisme		tro.		-		f. 1984 as split from PCI, led by Olivier Lestang
Committee for the Construction of the Revolutionary Workers' Party (the construction of the Revolutionary Workers International)	Comité pour la Construction du Parti Ouvrier Révolutionnaire, (la Construction de l'Internationale Ouvrière Révolutionnaire)		Combattre pour le Socialisme	e-mail	tro		-		f. 1997 as split from CCPOR (Circle...), led by Hélène Bertrand
Public Faction "Fighting for Socialism"	Fraction Publique "Combattre pour le Socialisme"			e-mail	tro.				internal current f. 2003
Committee for the Continuation of Communism and to Forge the Communist Party of France	Comité pour la Continuation du Communisme et Pour forger le Parti Communiste de Francee	CCCP/PCF	La Vérité		stal.		-
Communist Collective Offensive Resistance	Collectif Communiste Résistance Offensive		Résistance Offensive		stal.		-		split from NAC
Communist League	Ligue Communiste			e-mail	tro.	SWP	-		f. 1999
Communist Militant	Militant Communiste		Militant Communiste	e-mail	stal.		not existing		f. 2002
Communist Movement	Mouvement Comuniste		Mouvement Comuniste, Lettre de Mouvement Communiste		left. com.		-
Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist)	Parti Communiste (marxiste-léniniste-maoïste)		Etoile Rouge	e-mail	mao.		not existing		f. 2002
Communist Party of France (Maoist)	Parti Communiste de France (maoïste)	PCF(M)	Le Drapeau Rouge	e-mail	mao.
Comunist Struggle Union	Union de Lutte Communiste	ULC	Germinal
Communist Theory	Théorie Communiste		Théorie Communiste	e-mail	left. com.		-		f. 1975
Communist Union (trotskyist), [Workers Struggle]	Union Communiste (trotskyste), [Lutte Ouvrière]	LO	Lutte Ouvrière	e-mail	tro.	UCI	1.20%, 554 cand.		f. 1940
Faction of Workers Struggle	Fraction de Lutte Ouvrière		Étincelle, Convergences Révolutionnaires	e-mail	tro.				current inside LO
Communists	Communistes		Communistes	e-mail	com.		0.0010%, 2 cand.		f. 2000 as split from PCF
Communists in Struggle for the Building of a Marxist-Leninist Party in France	Communistes en Lutte pour la Construction en France d'un Parti Marxiste-Léniniste		Communistes en Lutte, Cahiers du Bolchévisme	e-mail	stal.		-
Coordination of Anarchist Groups	Coordination des Groupes Anarchistes	CGA		e-mail	anar.		-		f. 2002 as split from FA
Counter-attack	La Riposte		La Riposte	e-mail	tro.	SA, ex-CWI	-		f. 1982 as Socialist Advance
Ecology Generation	Generation Ecologie			e-mail	right. green		0.27%, 338 cand.		f. 1990, led by Brice Lalonde
Exchanges and Movement	Echanges et Mouvement		Echanges	e-mail	left. com.		-		international grouping, f. 1975
Federation of the Circles "Marxism Today"	Fédération des Cercles "Le Marxisme aujourd'hui"		Le Marxisme aujourd'hui	e-mail	tro.		-		f. 1990 as split from PCI
French Communist Party	Parti Communiste Français	PCF	Humanité, Regards	e-mail	com.	NELF, EL, ex-WMR, ex-CI	4.82%, 487 cand.		f. 1920
Communist Refounders	Réfondateurs Communistes		Futurs	e-mail	left. soc.
Communist Regroupment	Regroupement Communiste		Regroupement Communiste	e-mail	stal.				f. 1980s
Communist Resistances	Résistances Communistes		Résistances Communistes	e-mail	com.				f. 1998
Facts and Analysis	Faits et Analyses		Faits et Analyses	e-mail	com.
Glaring Reds	Rouges Vifs		Rouges Vifs	e-mail	com.		0.0044%, 1 Cand.
New Communist Left / Popular Association for Mutual Aid	Nouvelle Gauche Communiste / Association Populaire d’Entraide		Militant, Praxis, Promethée	e-mail	tro.		0.0090%, 1 cand.		both groups were f. 1997 and merged in 2005
Pole of Communist Renaissance in France	Pôle de Renaissance Communiste en France	PRCF	Initiative Communiste, Étincelles	e-mail	rad. left.	ICS	0.0057%, 3 cand.		split from Communist Coordination in 1999
Reconstruct the PCF	Reconstruire le PCF	RPCF	Combat	e-mail	com.				f. 2001
The Militant	Le Militant		Praxis, Le Militant	e-mail	rad. left.				f. 1997
Group for a Libertarian Socialism				e-mail	rad. left.	US	-
Guevarist Movement	Mouvement Guévariste			e-mail	rad. left.				f. 2004
Henri Barbusse Circle of Workers' and Popular Culture	Cercle Henri Barbusse de Culture Ouvrière et Populaire				stal.	ICS	-
Humanist Party	Parti Humaniste		L'Humaniste	e-mail		IH	0.000053%, 4 cand.		f. 1984
Independent Ecological Movement	Mouvement Ecologiste Independant	MEI	La Lettre des écologistes	e-mail	green		0.36%, 252 cand.		split from the Greens in 1993; led by Antoine Waechter
International Communist Current	Courant Communiste International	CCI	Révolution Internationale		left. com.	ICC	-		f. 1968
International Communist Group	Groupe Communiste International	GCI	Communisme		left. com.	ICC	-
International Communist Party [Cahiers Internationalistes]	Parti Communiste International [Cahiers Internationalistes]		Cahiers Internationalistes		left. com.	PCI-IPrC	-		f. 1982
International Communist Party [La Gauche Communiste]	Parti Communiste International [La Gauche Communiste]		La Gauche Communiste	e-mail	left. com.	PCI-IPaC	-		f. 1982
International Communist Party [Programme Communiste]	Parti Communiste International [Programme Communiste]		Programme Communiste, Le Prolétaire		left. com.	PCI-IC	-		f. 1962
Internationalist Group	Groupe Internationaliste				tro.	LFI	-		f. 1998 as split from LTF
Internationalist Revolutionary Communist Group	Groupe Communiste Revolutionnaire Internationaliste	Groupe CRI	Le cri des travailleurs	e-mail	tro.		not existing		f. 2003 as split from PT
Internationalist Socialist Group	Groupe Socialiste Internationaliste	GSI	L'Internationaliste	e-mail	tro.	LIT			f. 1992 as split from La Commune
La Commune Group	Groupe "La Commune"		La Commune	e-mail	tro.	UIT			f. 1992 as split from CCI
Liaisons	Liaisons		Lettre de Liaisons	e-mail	rad. left.				f. 2001
Libertarian Alternative	Alternative Libertaire		Alternative Libertaire	e-mail	anar.	ILS	-		f. 1991 by Union of Libertarian Communist Workers (UTCL)
Libertarian and Social Offensive	Offensive Libertaire et Sociale	OLS	Offensive	e-mail	anar.				f. 2003
Libertarian Communist Organization	Organisation Communiste Libertaire	OCL	Courant alternatif	e-mail	anar. com.	ILS	-		f. 1976
Marxist-Leninist Communist Organization-Proletarian Way	Organisation Communiste Marxiste-Léniniste-Voie Prolétarienne	OCML-VP	Partisan, La Cause du Communisme	e-mail	mao.	ICMLPO[M]	-
Militant Regroupment for the Construction of the Revolutionary Workers Party, for the Construction of the Revolutionary Workers International	Regroupement Militant pour la Construction du Parti Ouvrier Révolutionnaire, pour la Construction de l'Internationale Ouvrière Révolutionnaire		Pour le Socialisme		tro.		-		f. 1999 as split from original CCPOR, led by Pierre Salvaing
National Labour Confederation	Confédération Nationale du Travail	CNT	Le Combat Syndicaliste	e-mail	anar. syn.	ex-AIT	-		f. 1946
National Labour Confederation - 2nd Regional Union	Confédération Nationale du Travail - 2ème Union Régionale	CNT-2ème UR	Bulletin d'Information	e-mail	anar. syn.		-		f. 1977 as split from CNT
National Labour Confederation - International Workers Association	Confédération Nationale du Travail - Association Internationale des Travailleurs	CNT-AIT		e-mail	anar. syn.	AIT	-		f. 1993 as split from other CNT
Group of Anarcho-Syndicalist Action and Reflection	Groupement d'Action et de Réflexion Anarchosyndicaliste	GARAS	Lettre de Liaison		anar. syn.		-		f. 2002
No Pasaran Network	Réseau No Pasaran		No Pasaran	e-mail	anar.	ILS	-		f. 1992, network of local anti-racist and anti-fascist groups
Occitanian Revolutionary Current	Courant Révolutionnaire Occitan	CROC			left. nat.		-
Political Organization	Organisation Politique		La Distance Politique	e-mail	rad. left.		-		f. 1983, rest of Union of Marxist-Leninist Communists of France (UCFML)
Radical Party of the Left	Parti Radical de Gauche	PRG		e-mail	center left.		1.54%, 52 cand.		f. 1972 as Movement of Radicals of the Left (MRG)
Republican Initiative	Initiative Républicaine	IR		e-mail	left. nat.		-		f. 1992
Republican and Citizens Movement	Mouvement Républicain et Citoyen	MRC		e-mail	left. soc. nat.		1.19%, 400 cand. (Republican Pole)		f. 2003
Revolutionary Communist League	Ligue Communiste Révolutionnaire	LCR	Rouge, Critique Communiste	e-mail	tro.	USFI	1.27%, 435 cand.		f. 1969 as Communist League
Arguments for Socialism	Arguments pour le Socialisme		Arguments for Socialism	e-mail	tro.				f. 2003
Avanti!			Bulletin Avanti!	e-mail	tro.	SoB			f. 2002
Ecological libertarian and radical social democratic Sensibility	Sensibilité écologiste libertaire et radicalement sociale-démocrate	SELS							split from Greens
International Socialism	Socialisme International		Socialisme International	e-mail	tro.	ex-IS			split from Socialisme International in 1997
Militant Debate	Debat Militant		Debat Militant	e-mail	tro.				f. 2001 mainly by former VdT members
R! Tendency	Tendance R!				tro
Socialism from Below	Socialisme par en bas	SPEB	L'Étincelle	email	tro	IS	-		f. as Socialisme International in 1982, current in LCR since 2004
Workers' Power	Pouvoir Ouvrier	PO	Pouvoir Ouvrier	e-mail	tro	L5I	-		f. 1984, dissolved in 2003
Workers Voice	Voix des Travailleurs	VdT	Bulletin de Tendance	e-mail	tro.				split from LO in 1997
Revolutionary Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist)	Parti Communiste Révolutionnaire (Marxiste-Léniniste)			e-mail	stal.
Revolutionary Communist Party (Trotskyist)	Parti Communiste Révolutionnaire (Trotskyiste)	PCR-T	Lutte Communiste		tro.	PFI	-		f. 1962 as split from PCI
Revolutionary Left	Gauche Révolutionnaire	GR	L'Égalité	e-mail	tro.	CWI			refounded in 2001
Revolutionary Socialist Collective	Collectif Socialiste Révolutionnaire	CSR		e-mail	rad. left.		not existing		f. 2003
Revolutionary Workers Ferment	Ferment Ouvrier Révolutionnaire	FOR		e-mail	rad. left.	FOR	-		f. 1959
Robin Goodfellow	Robin Goodfellow		Communisme ou Civilisation	e-mail	left. com.	RG	-		until 1994 Communism or Civilization
Social and Libertarian Offensive	Offensive Libertaire et Sociale	OLS		e-mail	anar.		-
Social Ecology	Écologie Sociale		Arguments, La Lettre d'Ecologie sociale	e-mail	left. green		-		f. 2000
Socialist Democracy	Démocratie Socialiste			e-mail	rad. left.	close to British SPGB	-
Socialist Party other page	Parti Socialiste	PS		e-mail	soc. dem.	SI, PES	24.11%, 457 cand.		f. 1905
Club of the Socialist Left	Club de la Gauche Socialiste		La tête à gauche		left. soc.				f. 2003, led by Julien Dray
Democracy & Socialism	Démocratie & Socialisme	D&S	Démocratie & Socialisme	e-mail	left. soc.				current inside PS
For a New Socialist Party	Pour un Nouveau Parti Socialiste			e-mail	left. soc.				current inside PS
Militant Forces, Democracy in Movement	Forces Militantes, la Démocratie en Mouvement		La Lettre des Forces Militantes	e-mail	left. soc.				current inside PS, f. 2003, led by Marc Dolez
New Left	Nouvelle Gauche		Engagements	e-mail	left. soc.				current inside PS
New World	Nouveau Monde		A Gauche	e-mail	left. soc.				current inside PS, formerly Socialist Left
Social Republic Club	Club République Sociale			e-mail	rad. left.				f. 1997
Socialism & Democracy	Socialisme & Démocratie	S&D	La lettre de Socialisme et démocratie	e-mail	soc. dem.				current inside PS
Socialist Revolutionary Alternative	Alternative Revolutionnaire Socialiste	ARS	Combat	e-mail	tro.		-		f. 2001
Syndicalist-Revolutionary Current	Courant Syndicaliste-Révolutionnaire		Syndicaliste!	e-mail	anar. syn.		-		f. 1998
The Alternatives	Les Alternatifs		rouge & vert	e-mail	rad. left.		0.093%, 72 cand.		merger of Red and Green Alternative (AREV) and Convention for a Progressive Alternative (CAP)
The Greens - Ecological Confederation - Ecological Party	Les Verts - Confédération écologiste - Parti Ecologiste	Les Verts	Vert Contact	e-mail	green	EFGP	4.51%, 443 cand.		f. 1984
The Program of the Communist Society	Le programme de la société communiste		Programme de la révolution communiste		left. com.		-		formerly the Groupe Communiste Mondial
The Red Bee	L'Abeille Rouge		Bulletin l'Abeille Rouge	e-mail	rad. left.		-		f. 1986
Trotskyist Group for the Reconstruction of the IVth International	Groupe Trotskiste pour la Reconstruction de la IVe Internationale		Toute La Vérité		tro.		-		f. 1986 as split from PCI
Trotskyist League of France	Ligue Trotskyste de France	LTF	Le Bolchevik		tro.	ICL	-		f. 1975
Union of Anarchists	Union des Anarchistes	UA	Nouvelles Libertaires	e-mail	anar.		-		f. 1978 as split from FA
Union of Revolutionaries-Communists of France	Union des Révolutionnaires-Communistes de France	URCF	Intervention Communiste	e-mail	stal.	ICS	0.00034%, 1 cand.		f. 2004 by Communist Coordination, led by Jean-Luc Sallé
World Communist Group	Groupe Communiste Mondial		Le Programme de la Révolution Communiste		left. com.		-
Workers Communist Party of the France	Parti Communiste des Ouvriers de France	PCOF	La Forge, Théorie et Pratique	e-mail	stal.	ICMLPO[H], ex-Alb.	-		f. 1979
Workers' Party	Parti des Travailleurs	PT	Informations Ouvrières	e-mail	tro.	ILCWI	0.17%, 193 cand.		f. 1991
Communist Encounters	Rencontres Communistes		Résistances Communistes	e-mail	com.				led by Jean-Charles Marquiset
Internationalist Communist Current	Courant Communiste Internationaliste	CCI	La Lettre de La Verité, La Vérité		tro.	SIQI	current in PT		leading current in PT, f. 1992 by Internationalist Communist Party (PCI)
Socialist, Lay and Republican Convention	Convention Socialiste, Laïque et Républicaine		Réflexions	e-mail	soc.		current in PT		led by Georges Hoffmann
Union of Anarcho-Syndicalists	Union des Anarcho-Syndicalistes		L'Anarcho-syndicaliste	e-mail	anar.		current in PT		f. 1975 by Groupe Fernand Pelloutier
Basque Region
Basque People's Greens	Euskal Herriko Berdeak				green, basque nat.		-
Basque Solidarity	Eusko Alkartasuna	EA			soc. dem. nat.		-		French wing of EA in Spain
Basque Union	Euskal Batasuna	EB			left. nat.		-
For the Country	Herriaren Alde			fax: +33-559461018	left. nat.		-
Left Patriotic Movement	Ezkerreko Mugimendu Abertzalea / Mouvement Patriote de Gauche	EMA			basque left. nat.		-		f. 1988
Patriotic Unity	Abertzaleen Batasuna				basque left. nat.		0.030%, 3 Cand.		f. 1998, alliance of EMA, EB, AH, EA
Those from the North	Iparretarrak				basque left. nat.		-		f. 1973; pol.-mil.
Britanny
Battle - Mouvement of the Independentist Left	Emgann - Mouvement de la Gauche Indépendantiste		Combat Breton	e-mail	rad. left. nat.		-		f. 1982
Breton Democratic Union	Union Démocratique Bretonne	UDB	Peuple Breton / Pobl Vreizh	e-mail	left. nat.	DPPE	-		f. 1964
Breton Nationalist Movement	Emsav Broadelour Brezhon	EBB		e-mail	left. nat.		-
Britanny Freedom	Liberté Bretagne / Frankiz Breizh			e-mail	left. nat.		-		f. 1984 as split from UDB
Independent and Libertarian Britanny Coordination	Coordination Bretagne Indépendante et Libertaire	CBIL	Le Huchoèr	e-mail	anar.		-
Catalonia
Catalan Bloc	Bloc Català			e-mail	centre left. nat.		-		f. 2002, led by Gérard Tarrius
Catalonian Unity	Unité Catalane / Unitat Catalana	UC		e-mail	left. nat.		-		f. 1986
Republican Left of Catalonia- Regional Federation of North Catalonia other page	Gauche Républicaine de Catalogne - Fédération Régionale de la Catalogne du Nord / Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya - Federació Regional Catalunya-Nord	ERC	El Full	e-mail	left. nat.	DPPE	-		part of Spanish ERC
Corsica
Corsica							Regional '04	Parl. '02 % of Corsican vote
Corsican National Rally	Accolta Naziunale Corsa / Rassemblement National Corse	ANC	A Fiara	e-mail	left. nat.		see Indipendenza	0.48% 1 cand.	f. 1989 as split from A Cuncolta
Resistenza	Resistance				left. nat.		illegal		f. 1989 as split from FLNC(Canal Historique), armed wing of ANC
Independence	Indipendenza			e-mail	left. nat.		12.14% for alliance Unione Naziunale	-	f. 2001 by merger of Corsa Viva, U Cullevittu Naziunale, Associu Per A Suvranità and A Cuncolta Independentista
Corsica Nation	Corsica Nazione		U Ribombu	e-mail	left. nat.		-	-	f. 1991, electoral wing of A Cuncolta
National Liberation Front of Corsica [Union of the Fighters]	Fronte di Liberazione Naziunale di a Corsica / Front de Libération Nationale de la Corse [Union des Combattants]	FLNC	U Ribellu		left. nat.		illegal	-	armed wing of A Cuncolta, f. 1976, split in 1990s, merger of FLNC(Canal Historique), FLNC du 5 Mai, Fronte Ribellu and Clandestinu in 2000
Movement for Corsica	Mouvement pour la Corse				center left.		4.38% for Génération Corsica	-	led by Toussaint Luciani
Movement of the National Left	Muvimentu di a Manca Naziunale		A Stantara	e-mail	rad. left. nat.		0.58% for Unità Pupulare	0.80% 4 cand.	f. 1998
National Liberation Front of Corsica [of 22nd October]	Front de Libération Nationale de la Corse [du 22 Octobere]				left. nat.		-		f. 2002, pol.-mil.
National Presence	Presenza Naziunale		Battifocu	e-mail	left. nat.		-	-	f. 2000
Corsican Army	Armata Corsa				left. nat.		illegal	-	f. 1999, armed wing of Presenza Naziunale, split from FLNC
National Renovation	Rinnovu Naziunale	Rinnovu		e-mail	left. nat.		2.19%	-	f. 1999
Party of the Call	Partitu di a Chjama				left. nat.		see Manca Naziunale	-	f. 2003
Party of the Corsican Nation	Partitu di a Nazione Corsa	PNC	Aritti	e-mail	left. nat.	DPPE	see Indipendenza	4.54% UPC 4 Cand.	f. 2002 by UPC-Scelta Nova and Mossa Naziunale
Social Democratic Corsica	Corse Sociale Démocrate				soc. dem.		5.80%	7.55% 2 cand.	f. 2000 as split from PS
Socialist Party for Independence	Partitu Sucialistu per l’Indipendenza	PSI		e-mail			see Indipendenza		f. 2003
The National Call	A Chjama Naziunale				left. nat.		see Indipendenza	-	f. 2003, led by Edmond Simeoni
Unity	Unità				left. nat.		not existing	-	f. 2000, alliance of Indipendenza, ANC, Greens and A Chjama
Occitania
Equality	Para(t)ge Mar, Ròse e Monts			e-mail	left. nat.	allied to Italian Paratge	-
Libertarian Occitania	Occitania Libertaria				anar. com.		-
Occitan Nation Party	Partit de la Nacion Occitana	PNO	Lo Lugarn	e-mail	centre left. nat.		-		f. 1959
Occitan Party	Partit Occitan		Occitania	e-mail	left. nat.	DPPE	0.039%, 42 cand.		f. 1987
Occitanian Revolutionary Current	Courant Révolutionnaire Occitan / Corrent Revolucionari Occitan	CROC		e-mail	rad. left. nat.		-		f. 1995 by CROC, Patriòtas Occitans and Occitània Libertat
We go to the Fight - Revolutionary Movement of the Occitanian Left	Anaram Au Patac - Movement Revolucionari de l´Esquerra Occitana		Har/Far	e-mail	rad. left. nat.		-		f. 1994
Our Land	País Nòstre			e-mail	left. nat.		-
Parties probably disbanded Anarchist Workers' Alliance (Alliance Ouvrière Anarchiste, AOA), Appeal of Internationalist Revolutionary Communists (Appel des Communistes Révolutionnaires Internationalistes, ACRI), Association for a Workers' Rally (Association pour un Regroupement des Travailleurs), Civic Ecology (Ecologie Citoyenne), For a Communist Alternative (Pour une Alternative Communiste, PAC), Revolutionary Links Circle (Cercle Liaisons Révolutionnaires)