Gauche prolétarienne

Proletarian Left
Gauche prolétarienne
AbbreviationGP
LeaderBenny Lévy
FoundedSeptember 1968 (1968-09)
DissolvedNovember 1973 (1973-11)
Split fromUJC(ml)
NewspaperLa Cause du peuple
IdeologyMao-Spontex
Maoism
Libertarian Marxism
Political positionFar-left

The Gauche prolétarienne (GP) was a French Maoist political party which existed from 1968 to 1974. As Christophe Bourseiller put it, "Of all the Maoist organizations after May 1968, the most important numerically as well as in cultural influence was without question the Gauche prolétarienne."