List of left communists explained

Left communism is a form of communism with its origins in the left-wing of several parties of the Communist International. Its two main original branches were in council communism and Bordigism. This is a list of theorists and political figures who have identified themselves as left communist, communist left, Bordigist or council communist.

Council communists

• Herman Gorter
• Otto Rühle
• Jan Appel
• Paul Mattick
• Guy Debord
• Antonie Pannekoek
• Bernhard Reichenbach
• Henriette Roland Holst
• Karl Schröder
• Ernst Schwarz

Italian-left communists

• Amadeo Bordiga
• Onorato Damen
• Jacques Camatte
• Suzanne Voute

Left communists

• Inessa Armand
• Andrei Bubnov
• Marc Chirik
• Gilles Dauvé^{[1] [2]}
• Guy Debord
• Willie Gallacher
• Salih Hacioglu^[3]
• Alexandra Kollontai
• Claude McKay
• Gavril Myasnikov
• Ethem Nejat
• Andreu Nin
• Sylvia Pankhurst
• Mikhail Pokrovsky
• Karl Radek
• Maximilien Rubel
• Grigori Safarov
• Natalia Sedova
• Alexander Shliapnikov

See also

• Left communist organizations by country
• List of Left Communist organisations in the Weimar Republic
• List of left communist internationals

Notes and References

1. Web site: An A to Z of communisation - Gilles Dauvé. libcom.org. 17 June 2016.
2. Web site: Gilles Dauvé. libcom.org.
3. Web site: "Socialism in One Country" Before Stalin, and the Origins of Reactionary "Anti-Imperialism": The Case of Turkey, 1917-1925. libcom.org. 9 November 2009.