Jean-Luc Mélenchon | Marxism, Mass Movements, and the Magic of Elections

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLmt5qwvzb0

One of the most avid thinkers of the French and European left. Three hours long - worth every second!

Neither a nostalgic for 68 nor a marxist detached from reality, he takes us on a tour de force through his life and French politics. It ranges from the funny to the serious, and from the theoretical to the practical.

Talking about his politicization in Besancon:

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or about the British, while still managing to hit back at the germans (2:59:16):

The study of the formation of the workers movement in england is fundamental for a thinker on the Left. If you dont see where the workers’ movement began, well it’s there: the Germans came after. They produced a caricature of organisation as they do with everything they touch.