The Revolutionary Communist League (; LCR) was a

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political party in

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. It was the French section of the

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. It published the weekly newspaper ''Rouge'' and the journal ''Critique communiste''. Established in 1974, it became the leading party of the

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in the 2000s. It officially abolished itself on 5 February 2009 to merge with smaller factions of the far-left and form a

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History

It was founded in 1974, after its forerunner the

Communist League The Communist League ( German: ''Bund der Kommunisten)'' was an international political party established on 1 June 1847 in London, England. The organisation was formed through the merger of the League of the Just, headed by Karl Schapper, and th ...

(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 Pierre Frank (24 October 1905 – 18 April 1984) was a French Trotskyist leader. He served on the secretariat of the Fourth International from 1948 to 1979. Biography Educated as a chemical engineer, Frank was one of the first French Trotskyist ...

Internationalist Communist Party Internationalist Communist Party may refer to: * Internationalist Communist Party (France), a French political party * Internationalist Communist Party (Italy), an Italian political party {{Short pages monitor