Gravely ill for some months, our comrade Daniel Bensaïd died this morning. A
revolutionary militant since his youth, he was one of the founders of the
JCR (Revolutionary Communist Youth) in 1966 and then one of the leaders of
the Movement of the 22nd of March and and in the movement of May 1968 before
participating in the creation of the Communist League in April 1969.
Daniel Bensaïd spent a long time as a member of the leadership of the LCR.
Engaged in all the international battles, he was also one of the central
leaders of the Fourth International. He actively participated in the
creation of the New Anticapitalist Party.
As a philosopher, teaching at the University of Paris VIII, he published
many works of philosophy and political debate, organised the reviews
Critique Communiste and ContreTemps, participated actively in the creation
of the Louise Michel Foundation and led the struggle of ideas incessantly,
inspired by the defense of an open, non-dogmatic Marxism.
The funeral will be private.
The NPA will organise a memorial evening on Saturday 23rd January in Paris.