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The Revolutionary Communist League (''Ligue Communiste Révolutionnaire'') (LCR) is a French Trotskyist Political Party . It is the French section of the United Secretariat Of The Fourth International . It publishes the weekly newspaper ''Rouge'' and the journal ''Critique Communiste''. It was founded in 1974 , after its forerunner the Communist League (Ligue Communiste) was banned in 1973 . The Communist League was itself founded in 1969 after the Revolutionary Communist Youth (Jeunesses Communistes Révolutionnaires), which was banned in 1968 , had merged with Pierre Frank 's Internationalist Communist Party . The group includes members of other Trotskyist tendencies who are able to organise openly within its ranks to gain support for its views. Its official spokespersons are Alain Krivine , Roseline Vachetta , who are former members of the European Parliament , and Olivier Besancenot who was the party's candidate in the 2002 French Presidential Election . An ongoing issue is the possibility and conditions of an electoral alliance with fellow Trotskyist party Lutte Ouvrière . In the past the two have at times run joint candidates (for example in the last regional and European elections), and at times run separately (for example in the 2002 presidential elections). There is also talks for an alliance with the French Communist Party , after both parties worked together on the victorious campaing of the 'No' in the 2005 French plebiscite on the Constitution of the European Union . Relations between the two parties have been improving since Marie-George Buffet took over the leadership of the PCF. LCR militants openly work within Left-wing groups such as ATTAC and the Solidaires Unitaires Démocratiques Trade Union s. In France's 2002 Presidential Elections , LCR's candidate Olivier Besancenot won 4,25% of the vote. Thus the far left (LCR, Lutte Ouvrière and Parti Des Travailleurs ) gained totally more than 10%. The run-off election only provided voters with a choice between the right-wing Chirac and the extreme right Le Pen. The Left in its vast majority voted for Chirac. The LCR did not call for abstention: the LCR campaigned to "minimize the vote to Le Pen" . The LCR campaign was run under the slogan "Beat Le Pen on the streets and in the ballot box". A minority within the LCR were opposed to this slogan, believing that it amounted to a call to vote for Chirac. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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