Pole of Communist Rebirth in France
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The Pole of Communist Rebirth in France (Pôle de Renaissance Communiste en France, PRCF) is a French
political party founded in January 2004. It was a former internal tendency of the French Communist Party
(PCF) and left the party, refusing the "mutation" engaged at the beginning of the 1990s.
The president-delegate of the PRCF is Leon Landini, the president of the National Political Committee (CPN) is Jean-Pierre Hemmen, the national, directing spokesman political of Communist Initiative, is George Gastaud, and George Hage, a member of parliament for the Nord (departement) and senior of the National Assembly, is the honorary president.
The PRCF is organized in associations in the French départements, sections and cells (democratic centralism
). It is based on the theory of Scientific Socialism
of Karl Marx
, Friedrich Engels
, Vladimir Lenin
and other revolutionists. The PRCF publishes the Communist Initiative monthly magazine and the theoretical review "Etincelle".
The organisation broadcasts a programme Convergence each Monday from 8 to 9 pm on Radio Galère. Its youth wing, "Young People for the Communist Rebirth in France" (JRCF), took part in 2006 in the mass movement against the Contrat première embauche.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
political party founded in January 2004. It was a former internal tendency of the French Communist Party
French Communist Party
The French Communist Party is a political party in France which advocates the principles of communism.Although its electoral support has declined in recent decades, the PCF retains a large membership, behind only that of the Union for a Popular Movement , and considerable influence in French...
(PCF) and left the party, refusing the "mutation" engaged at the beginning of the 1990s.
The president-delegate of the PRCF is Leon Landini, the president of the National Political Committee (CPN) is Jean-Pierre Hemmen, the national, directing spokesman political of Communist Initiative, is George Gastaud, and George Hage, a member of parliament for the Nord (departement) and senior of the National Assembly, is the honorary president.
The PRCF is organized in associations in the French départements, sections and cells (democratic centralism
Democratic centralism
Democratic centralism is the name given to the principles of internal organization used by Leninist political parties, and the term is sometimes used as a synonym for any Leninist policy inside a political party...
). It is based on the theory of Scientific Socialism
Scientific Socialism
Scientific socialism is the term used by Friedrich Engels to describe the social-political-economic theory first pioneered by Karl Marx. The purported reason why this socialism is "scientific socialism" is because its theories are held to an empirical standard, observations are essential to its...
of Karl Marx
Karl Marx
Karl Heinrich Marx was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. His ideas played a significant role in the development of social science and the socialist political movement...
, Friedrich Engels
Friedrich Engels
Friedrich Engels was a German industrialist, social scientist, author, political theorist, philosopher, and father of Marxist theory, alongside Karl Marx. In 1845 he published The Condition of the Working Class in England, based on personal observations and research...
, Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917. As leader of the Bolsheviks, he headed the Soviet state during its initial years , as it fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian Civil War and worked to create a...
and other revolutionists. The PRCF publishes the Communist Initiative monthly magazine and the theoretical review "Etincelle".
The organisation broadcasts a programme Convergence each Monday from 8 to 9 pm on Radio Galère. Its youth wing, "Young People for the Communist Rebirth in France" (JRCF), took part in 2006 in the mass movement against the Contrat première embauche.