Daniel Gluckstein (born 3 March 1953 in

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) is a French

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best known for running in the French presidential election of 2002 as the candidate of the Workers' Party (''Parti des Travailleurs'', PT).

Biography

In 1968, he joined the Revolutionary Communist Youth (JCR). Then in 1979, he founded the Communist League Internationalist (LCI). In 1991, he was nominated National Secretary of the Parti des Travailleurs. In 1994, as lead candidate of the Parti des Travailleurs for the

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, he obtained 0.43% of the vote. He was candidate for the legislative elections in

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in 1997. In April 2002, he was candidate in the presidential election, and gained 0.47% of the vote, which made him the last of sixteen candidates in the first round. In June 2008, he created the Parti Ouvrier Indépendant together with

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. Gluckstein is married, with three

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ren, and is a former

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in a professional college. Like many Trotskyist leaders, he has a

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, "Seldjouk".

Bibliography

* ''Qui dirige ? Personne on s'en charge nous-mêmes'', SELIO, 1987 * ''Discussion autour de lutte des classes et mondialisation.'' 1990. OCLC 84677125 (with

Pierre Lambert : Pierre Lambert (real name Pierre Boussel; June 9, 1920 – January 16, 2008) was a French Trotskyist leader, who for many years acted as the central leader of the French Courant Communiste Internationaliste (CCI) which founded the Parti d ...

) * ''Le Fonds monétaire international (F.M.I): Une entreprise de pillage des peuples'', SELIO, 1990, 272 pages * ''La Sécu, elle est à nous'', SELIO, 1996, 340 pages * ''Luttes des classes et mondialisation: le XXe siècle s'achève : putréfié, sénile, parasitaire, l'impérialisme reste une transition, mais vers quoi ? '' Paris: SELIO, 1999.
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*''Itinéraires''. Monaco: Rocher, 2002. (with Pierre Lambert).Worldcat entry
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References

1953 births Living people Politicians from Paris French Trotskyists Candidates in the 2002 French presidential election French people of Russian-Jewish descent {{France-politician-stub