“He continued to help the Fourth International build revolutionary organizations to the very end.”
“To hold on as he held on, optimism of the will had to prevail”
10 April 2022, byTribute at the funeral on 21 March by Michèle Krivine, née Martinet, wife of Alain Krivine. She was active in the Jeunesse communiste révolutionnaire, and subsequently the Ligue communiste and the Ligue communiste révolutionnaire.
“Alain showed that you could be a Trotskyist, intelligent and honest at the same time"
10 April 2022, byTribute at the funeral by Hubert Krivine, twin brother of Alain, physicist, and for many years a member of the leadership of the Fourth International.
“Keep the sense of commitment as a banner”
10 April 2022, byTrribute at the funeral on 21 March by Olivier Besancenot, national spokesperson of the NPA, and previously of the LCR.
“Alain made the construction of the Fourth International his life’s project”
10 April 2022, byTrribute at the funeral on 21 March 2022, by Alex Merlo on behalf of the Bureau of the Fourth International.
“The intelligence to put immediate reality into perspective with new historical horizons”
10 April 2022, byTribute at the funeral on 21 March 2022 by François Sabado, who has been a leader of the Ligue communiste révolutionnaire, the Nouveau parti anticapitaliste and the Fourth International.
“The solidity of a rock and the flair of a perfumer”
10 April 2022, byTribute at the funeral on 21 March 2022 by Charles Michaloux, former leader of the Ligue communiste and the Ligue communiste révolutionnaire.
Alain Krivine was an authentic internationalist revolutionary
21 March 2022, by“He was always convinced that the struggle for revolution was taking place on a global scale and that the Fourth International should be strengthened as much as possible. ”
The Integrity of a Revolutionary: Alain Krivine, 1941-2022
16 March 2022, byThe death of Alain Krivine on 12 March, aged eighty, saw the passing of the last of the leading ‘68ers who had remained faithful to the revolts of his youth, mixing anti-imperialism, anti-Stalinism and anti-capitalism. He combined his fidelity to his cause with a clear integrity, at odds with sectarianism or the lust for power.
