Ideally would like to get answers from anarchists and marxists.
Marxists and anarchists may not agree on a lot of things, their existence are not mutually exclusive, and they did prove their capacity to fight together against a common enemy.
C'est la deuxième année que je vais voir ce groupe, je les apprécie vraiment et je me demandais s'ils avaient un instagram ou quelque-chose où les suivre afin de les retrouver un peu plus facilement qu'en me rendant dans une rue spécifique la nuit une fois par an
Hi,
In my country the next presidential elections will be in 2027. For years the far right has risen and risen, while on the left a new figure has emerged and since a few years has shown himself capable of winning the elections. Our two turn elections are expected by many to figure this man against the young and new representative of the far right. My country hides less and less his racism, his reject of "wokism", of Islam. Our president is fucking us in the ass and slowly paving the way for a far right which he doesn't specially want, but prefers to the left.
Now, our left is divided, and Mélanchon, the only one capable of winning, is by far too radical and speaks too loudly for many, but for a lot of people on his left he is too imperialist, too much of a socdem, he's weak and won't be able anyway to do much. He'll be, for them, either a traitor, a liberal, or simply a failure.
He will not make France a socialist state, or instaure communism, or start the revolution. My question is : does it matter? Should I associate myself with his party and use my energy and my time to help him in this democratic game?
I deeply want to, but I want to know what do you all think of this, whatever your specific affiliation. I have friends who find him too much of a brute and I am unfazed by their opinion, but I do have some others who advocate, on the contrary, either to vote and be a militant for some minor party with absolutely zero chance of winning, or simply not to vote and instead write articles or whatever else that may be done politically outside of taking part in the electoral fight.
He will not save us, he will be a social democrat, but he will fight against fascism, racists, bigots, homophobes, transphobes. He and his party will do what they can. Should I actively engage myself to support them? Spread their word? Read their books and share their ideas?
I will fight fascists either way, and I am ready to defend my and my equals' rights if the far right reaches victory, but the left's eventual victory will not bring the revolution, anarchists argue this is simply slowing down the rise of the racists.
Recently he has announced he will present himself to the elections. This has been the call I had waited for. Now, I just need to know how much should I invest myself into this.