https://internationalviewpoint.org/ International Viewpoint, the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International, is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of the globe. Correspondents in over 50 countries report on popular struggles, and the debates that are shaping the left of tomorrow. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://internationalviewpoint.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH25/siteon0-da713.png?1745245334 https://internationalviewpoint.org/ 25 144 https://internationalviewpoint.org/Party-and-Movement https://internationalviewpoint.org/Party-and-Movement 2015-12-07T12:06:59Z text/html en Jonah Birch, Olivier Besancenot France New parties of the left Debate section <p>Olivier Besancenot is a postal worker and a member of the leadership of France's Nouveau Parti Anticapitaliste (NPA). He first came to prominence in 2002 when, as an unknown twenty-eight-year old trade union militant, he ran for president as the candidate of the Ligue Communiste Revolutionaire (LCR), and managed to win 1.2 million votes (4.3 percent), including an impressive 14 percent of the youth vote.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-Building-new-parties-of-the-left-" rel="directory">Building new parties of the left</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-France-+" rel="tag">France</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-New-parties-of-the-left-+" rel="tag">New parties of the left</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Debate-section-+" rel="tag">Debate section</a>