Daniel Gluckstein

Daniel Gluckstein (born 3 March 1953 in Paris) is a French Trotskyist politician for running for French presidential election of 2002 as candidate of the Workers' Party (Parti des Travailleurs]] or PT).

Biography

In 1968, he joined the Revolutionary Communist Youth (JCR). Then in 1979, he founded the Communist League Internationalist (LCI). In 1991, he was nominated National Secretary of the Parti des Travailleurs. In 1994, as lead candidate of the Parti des Travailleurs for the European elections, he obtained 0.43 % of the vote. He was candidate for the legislative elections in Montreuil (Seine-Saint-Denis) in 1997. In April 2002, he was candidate in the presidential election, and gained 0.47% of the vote, which made him the last of sixteen candidates in the first round.

In June 2008, he created the Parti Ouvrier Indépendant together with Gérard Schivardi.^[1]

He is married, with three children, and is a former professor of history in a professional college. Like many Trotskyist leaders, he has a pseudonym, "Seldjouk". He is the author of the books

• (with Pierre Lambert) Discussion autour de lutte des classes et mondialisation. 1990. OCLC 84677125
• Luttes des classes et mondialisation: le XXe siècle s'achève : putréfié, sénile, parasitaire, l'impérialisme reste une transition, mais vers quoi ? Paris: SELIO, 1999. ISBN 9782906981201WorldCat
• (with Pierre Lambert). Itinéraires. Monaco: Rocher, 2002. ISBN 9782268042336 ^[2]

References

1. ^ Jan van der Made (16.06.2008). "An exclusive interview with Daniel Gluckstein, a founder of the POI party". Radio France International. 
2. ^ [1]

Persondata
Name	Gluckstein, Daniel
Alternative names	Seldjouk
Short description	French trotskyist politician
Date of birth	03-03-1953
Place of birth	Paris
Date of death
Place of death