The Pôle de Renaissance Communiste en France (pole for communist rebirth in France) is the closest thing from a proper Marxist-Leninist vanguard party we have in France, though they don’t call themselves a communist party because from the words off one of their main spokesperson (paraphrasing cause I don’t remember the exact quote) “We don’t say we’re a party because we’re materialists […] If I stand up and call myself a vanguard but when I walk out and turn around no one is following me, I’m not a vanguard”. One of their stated goal as an organization is to rebuild a proper vanguard communist party in France.
Out of all the parties I’ve looked at the PRCF is the only one I seriously consider joining.
I think it’s the one with the best line currently in France but I also heard that they use French flags in protests and marches, what’s up with that?
My litmus tests for parties are how they see themselves as relating to the proletariat, their line on LGBT issues, their line on China, and finally their position on decol if they are a colonizer. PRCF is good on China and LGBT, didn’t find much about decol and the little I did find was a little eyebrow-raising but requires more investigation.
Because of the tri-color flag’s history as the main popular symbol of the French revolution, then as one of the symbols of the Paris Commune, then as one of the symbols of the French resistance against Nazi occupation, the tri-color flag is before all a symbol made and used by the people and it’s use by the diverse bourgeois governments of France is illegitimate.
The PRCF also look up to the revolutionaries of the French revolution like Roberts Pierre because TL;DR: Roberts Pierre was actually kinda based for a lib and the narrative of the Terror and him being a psychopath who cut peoples heads for no reasons is mostly lies created by his political opponents after his death and reproduced until the present day by bourgeois scared that the legacy of past revolutionaries might give peoples the “wrong idea”.
This is basically why they use the tri-color flag I think.
On decolonization I need to learn more about their position but I at least know that they support the recent New-caledonians/Kanaks riot and blame Macron for the violence, and that they support the right of Kanaky to claim it’s independence. And they also oppose the Israel.
EDIT : Totally forgot about the Parti Révolutionnaire Communiste Français which could be considered the one true French Communist Party however they’re very small right now. By insane chance the very next post in my feed mentioned it
There are no orgs that can claim that title. The Parti Communiste Français has entirely dropped communism. They’re actually the least left wing of all. La France Insoumise is the biggest attempt at reformist movement that at least incorporate decent geopolitics, LGBT+ rights and anti-colonialism. They do have some Marxists in the backstage running the show but they’re still electoralists and refuse to structure themselves as a disciplined party meaning they also have a lot of weirdos. At their left there are only Trotskystes : Lutte Ouvrière is the most paranoid, Nouveau Parti Anticapitaliste the most fractured with a billion tendencies
It’s funny because actual french communists have a slogan which is “Roussel isn’t a comrade” (Roussel being the guy on the picture)
What is the actual French communist party?
The Pôle de Renaissance Communiste en France (pole for communist rebirth in France) is the closest thing from a proper Marxist-Leninist vanguard party we have in France, though they don’t call themselves a communist party because from the words off one of their main spokesperson (paraphrasing cause I don’t remember the exact quote) “We don’t say we’re a party because we’re materialists […] If I stand up and call myself a vanguard but when I walk out and turn around no one is following me, I’m not a vanguard”. One of their stated goal as an organization is to rebuild a proper vanguard communist party in France.
Out of all the parties I’ve looked at the PRCF is the only one I seriously consider joining.
I think it’s the one with the best line currently in France but I also heard that they use French flags in protests and marches, what’s up with that?
My litmus tests for parties are how they see themselves as relating to the proletariat, their line on LGBT issues, their line on China, and finally their position on decol if they are a colonizer. PRCF is good on China and LGBT, didn’t find much about decol and the little I did find was a little eyebrow-raising but requires more investigation.
From what I’ve gathered so far:
Because of the tri-color flag’s history as the main popular symbol of the French revolution, then as one of the symbols of the Paris Commune, then as one of the symbols of the French resistance against Nazi occupation, the tri-color flag is before all a symbol made and used by the people and it’s use by the diverse bourgeois governments of France is illegitimate.
The PRCF also look up to the revolutionaries of the French revolution like Roberts Pierre because TL;DR: Roberts Pierre was actually kinda based for a lib and the narrative of the Terror and him being a psychopath who cut peoples heads for no reasons is mostly lies created by his political opponents after his death and reproduced until the present day by bourgeois scared that the legacy of past revolutionaries might give peoples the “wrong idea”.
This is basically why they use the tri-color flag I think.
On decolonization I need to learn more about their position but I at least know that they support the recent New-caledonians/Kanaks riot and blame Macron for the violence, and that they support the right of Kanaky to claim it’s independence. And they also oppose the Israel.
EDIT : Totally forgot about the Parti Révolutionnaire Communiste Français which could be considered the one true French Communist Party however they’re very small right now. By insane chance the very next post in my feed mentioned it
There are no orgs that can claim that title. The Parti Communiste Français has entirely dropped communism. They’re actually the least left wing of all. La France Insoumise is the biggest attempt at reformist movement that at least incorporate decent geopolitics, LGBT+ rights and anti-colonialism. They do have some Marxists in the backstage running the show but they’re still electoralists and refuse to structure themselves as a disciplined party meaning they also have a lot of weirdos. At their left there are only Trotskystes : Lutte Ouvrière is the most paranoid, Nouveau Parti Anticapitaliste the most fractured with a billion tendencies
Seems like people need to force the PCF to drop their name, if they don’t want to be communist
Bombard the headquarters