Re: [Marxism] Le Monde critique of France's New Anticapitalist Party's approach to the European parliamentary elections

[David Thorstad <binesi@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bhaskar Sunkara wrote:
> My French isn't great, but is he critiquing the NPA for not making broader
> unions with the center-left?  In which case I completely disagree.
>
>   
I don't have time or inclination to translate the article, but it struck 
me as serious (the author says he started out with a favorable view of 
the NPA). His critique cannot be reduced to such a simple conclusion. 
More so, it is based on his perception that the NPA is "new" in name 
only, and that its approach is one of a "megaphone," not responding to 
the needs of the masses of disaffected and exploited, but, in his view, 
reflects a continuation of the "chapel" politics of the French far left.
    How accurate his take is I cannot say, though friends whom I respect 
and who live in France find his critique accurate.
David


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