Loïc Chaigneau

Summary

Dominique Pagani first mentions Loïc Chaigneau as the author of a video on Bégaudeau's reading of Clouscard, in which La fausse note is cited1. He returns to him in 2023 to clarify where he stands. He says he shares most of the theses through which Chaigneau identifies himself as a communist, and declares himself in solidarity with him on those points. In his view, they do not disagree on content. Their disagreement concerns only the strategy for spreading these ideas2, which Chaigneau pursues even within right-wing circles. He makes these remarks in response to a video-maker who considers Chaigneau to be drifting and reactionary, and accuses him of replacing communism with nationalism. Pagani does not take up this accusation: he maintains his agreement on the theses, and his only reservation concerns where and how these ideas are spread.

1. 1#10.2 Dialectics of identity and difference6 Oct 2021 · 0:47
2. 2Neither left nor right? Islamo-leftism?17 Oct 2023 · 34:35

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