The (GP) was a French
Maoist
Maoism, officially Mao Zedong Thought, is a variety of Marxism–Leninism that Mao Zedong developed while trying to realize a socialist revolution in the agricultural, pre-industrial society of the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic o ...
political party which existed from 1968 to 1974. As
Christophe Bourseiller put it, "Of all the Maoist organizations after
May 1968, the most important numerically as well as in cultural influence was without question the Gauche prolétarienne."
History
The GP was formed in October 1968. After a split in the (UJC-ML), several members including
Olivier Rolin,
Jean-Pierre Le Dantec, Jean-Claude Vernier, the brothers Tony and
Benny Lévy, Jean Schiavo, Maurice Brover, and
Jean-Claude Zancarini formed the new party. In 1969, the former student union leaders
Alain Geismar and
Serge July joined the group.
Prominent people who were at one point members of the GP include
Serge July,
Olivier Rolin,
Frédéric H. Fajardie,
Gérard Miller,
Jean-Claude Milner,
Marin Karmitz,
André Glucksmann,
Gilles Susong,
Christian Jambet,
Guy Lardreau,
Daniel Rondeau,
Olivier Roy,
Judith Miller,
Dominique Grange, and
Gilles Millet. A group of former members became core members of the
New Philosophers in the 1970s. Several members of the group were involved with the founding of the French daily which evolved into a
centre left mainstream mass circulation daily newspaper.
The group was also known as "
Mao-Spontex", or Maoist-spontaneists. The connection to Spontex, a cleaning sponge brand, was intended as a pejorative to disparage the GP's
anti-authoritarian
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approach to
socialist revolution.
See also
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Autonomism
Autonomism or ''autonomismo'', also known as autonomist Marxism or autonomous Marxism, is an anti-capitalist social movement and Marxist-based theoretical current that first emerged in Italy in the 1960s from workerism (). Later, post-Marxist ...
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Armed Nuclei for Popular Autonomy
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Murder of Pierre Overney
References
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Maoism in France in the 1970′sHistory of the Gauche prolétarienne
1968 establishments in France
1974 disestablishments in France
Communist parties in France
Defunct political parties in France
Maoist organizations in France
New Philosophers
Political parties established in 1968
Political parties disestablished in 1974
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