Suchergebnisse

An abridged version of a longer article originally written in July 1977. Examined is the hypothesis of the Left parties winning the French elections of Mar 1978. The organizational & ideological structures of both the Communist & Socialist parties are analyzed. The best that can be expected from a Left victory is seen to be a possible repoliticization of French society. Despite recent talk of streamlining, the French Left has not come to terms with its unchanged internal structure-hence its lingering bureaucratic & statist outlook whose emancipatory thrust has been exposed as totally fraudulent. Modified HA.

Closely follows the history of the French Left from the reorganisation of the sixties, through the Communist-Socialist rapprochement that aroused widespread expectations in the seventies, to the demoralising experience of government in 1981-86 and the sequel of defeat and electoral comeback. (CP)

Role of the Communist Party in the success or failure of the non-Communist left; since the 1950s.