It’s funny because actual french communists have a slogan which is “Roussel isn’t a comrade” (Roussel being the guy on the picture)
The Pôle de Renaissance Communiste en France (pole for communist rebirth in France) is the closest thing from a proper Marxist-Leninist vanguard party we have in France, though they don’t call themselves a communist party because from the words off one of their main spokesperson (paraphrasing cause I don’t remember the exact quote) “We don’t say we’re a party because we’re materialists […] If I stand up and call myself a vanguard but when I walk out and turn around no one is following me, I’m not a vanguard”. One of their stated goal as an organization is to rebuild a proper vanguard communist party in France.
Out of all the parties I’ve looked at the PRCF is the only one I seriously consider joining.
I think it’s the one with the best line currently in France but I also heard that they use French flags in protests and marches, what’s up with that?
My litmus tests for parties are how they see themselves as relating to the proletariat, their line on LGBT issues, their line on China, and finally their position on decol if they are a colonizer. PRCF is good on China and LGBT, didn’t find much about decol and the little I did find was a little eyebrow-raising but requires more investigation.
EDIT : Totally forgot about the Parti Révolutionnaire Communiste Français which could be considered the one true French Communist Party however they’re very small right now. By insane chance the very next post in my feed mentioned it
There are no orgs that can claim that title. The Parti Communiste Français has entirely dropped communism. They’re actually the least left wing of all. La France Insoumise is the biggest attempt at reformist movement that at least incorporate decent geopolitics, LGBT+ rights and anti-colonialism. They do have some Marxists in the backstage running the show but they’re still electoralists and refuse to structure themselves as a disciplined party meaning they also have a lot of weirdos. At their left there are only Trotskystes : Lutte Ouvrière is the most paranoid, Nouveau Parti Anticapitaliste the most fractured with a billion tendencies
Seems like people need to force the PCF to drop their name, if they don’t want to be communist
