Leftism

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What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani understands leftism in Lenin's sense. For him it is not simply a tendency: it is the union, in the mathematical sense, of three subsets of the far left, namely the anarchists, the Trotskyists and the Maoists1 2. He first defines it as a stance, that of those who place themselves to the left of the communist parties. But he turns this position around: behind the mask of being to the left of the Communist Party, the leftists stood to the right of De Gaulle, and therefore "to the right of the right"3. He places it in the Parisian and geopolitical context of the time, when leftism played into the hands of the Atlantic Alliance against De Gaulle and the communists4. He also criticises it for scorning workers' demands in favour of the societal "new struggles". He discusses it in sessions devoted to libertarian liberalism, neo-fascism and the current relevance of Clouscard5. From 2020 to 2024, his definition stays the same.

Summary produced automatically from 5 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.

Season 12 · 2 May 2024Neo-fascism and the ideology of desire - Clouscard, as relevant as ever (cf. Macron's ultra-warmongering remarks)

7:22In Lenin's sense, the union of anarchists, Trotskyists and Maoists, who despise working-class demands in favor of "new" societal struggles.

Season 12 · 18 Feb 2024Secularism, the truth of religion?

21:20In the Leninist sense, leftism is the union of three subsets of the far left: anarchists, Trotskyists and Maoists.

Season 11 · 3 Mar 2023War, neo-fascism: libertarian liberalism

1:06:23The stance of those who position themselves to the left of the communist parties; a union, in the mathematical sense, of three species: anarchists, trotskyists, maoists.
1:19:16Under the guise of being to the left of the Communist Party, the leftists were to the right of De Gaulle, hence to the right of the right.

Talks · 4 Oct 2020Calves and Things, preface by Dominique Pagani

37:08Union of the anarchists, Trotskyists, and Maoists of Paris; it served the interests of the Atlantic Alliance against De Gaulle and the communists.