The Left Front ( rus, Левый Фронт, Levyy Front) is a

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of leftist political organizations in

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. It is strongly critical of President

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History

The first constituent congress of the Left Front was held on 18 October 2008, in Moscow. The main direction of work after the Congress was using social movements, unions, and labor collectives. The secondary focus of activists has been called "propaganda of action", in which the use of ideas and demands of leftist activists is supposed to be brought to society in the form of direct action, thus attempting to overcome the difficulties of access to

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. In addition, the Left Front was the organizer of the annual summer youth camps, schools, political activists, conferences, study groups for the study of socialist thought and practice, film clubs, concerts and other activities.E. Savin
non-party opened the Left Front
(Kommersant, № 190 / P, 20 October 2008)
( Newsru.com, 18 October 2008)A. Ivochki
Moscow. On the eve of the constituent congress of the Left Front
( Novaya Gazeta, 19 October 2008) In total, over one and a half years (summer 2008 – autumn 2009), there have been more than 40 regional conferences, established under the areas of the country offices of the front. To the left of the Communist Party noted the motion
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– Siberia », № 142, 13 August 2008)P. Dobroliubov
Barnaul created regional department of the Left Front "
("PolitSibRu", 13 August 2008)Left in St. Petersburg, the "front" set up, but choose the leadership and the delegates could not because of ideological differences
(Zaks.ru, 15 September 2008)in Karelia reappeared "Left Front"
("Zaks.ru", 28 August 2008)Left activists Kirov together in the Left Front
(Institute "Collective Action", 8 June 2009)

Actions

The Left Front organizes a variety of authorized and unauthorized actions, rallies, and marches. The most famous of the promotions are meetings under the title "Day of Wrath", which is hosted by the organization in Moscow and in other regions of the country. In addition, the Left Front, together with its allies, despite a governmental ban conduct actions under the name of "anti-capitalism", which aims, according to organizers, to show the public presence of political forces of anti-capitalist orientation.
(''tr. "The Left Front movement plans to hold a rally in Moscow today "'') ''echo.msk.ru''

Position against war in Donbass

The Left Front declared its position against the war in the South-East of Ukraine. The fourth congress of the movement took place in

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on 23 August 2014. The delegates elected the new executive committee. No supporters of the self-proclaimed republics were elected. The ex-coordinator of the Left Front on organizational work, Sergei Udaltsov, supporting

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, was selected in the executive branch of movement with preponderance only in one voice. Also during congress was accepted resolution under the name "War against war!".

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, the former member of the Council of the organization left the organization afterwards.«Левый фронт» очистил свой исполком от симпатизирующих ДНР соратников
(''tr. ""Left Front" cleared its executive committee of allies sympathetic to the DPR "'') (Russian Planet, ''rusplt.ru'') "We need the campaign for peace. Against the bloodshed and the mass selling of blood. This campaign shouldn't be the support of the war in the back areas of the "opponent". Being against the military operation of the Kiev government doesn't mean supporting Putin and Strelkov. Being against Putin doesn't mean supporting Kiev government military operation. People need a campaign for peace against the greedy and cruel politicians and oligarchs, making profit of the others' grief. " – says the resolution of the congress.

Structure

The highest governing body of the Left Front is the Congress. The Council of the Left Front carries out the current leadership of the movement, and the Executive committee is an operational working body of the organization.

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