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New Anti-Capitalist Left: Classical or Modern Marxism?
Zikmund, Michal ; Charvát, Jan (advisor) ; Kubátová, Hana (referee)
The thesis deals with the "New Anti-Capitalist Left" (Nová antikapitalistická levice, NAL), a Czech group radically leftist group that had been established in Prague in the autumn 2009 under the leadership of Nikola Čech, who was a member of the organization World Revolution (Revo) at the time. Revo was considered to be a Trotskyist group. The NAL was concentrating to ideological work as well as attending academic seminars, demonstrations or blockades of far-right activists. It was organizing summer camps where there notable leftist intellectuals were giving lectures, and not only at these camps the NAL was able to establish connections to a fairly wide spectrum of leftist individuals and groups, it was especially cooperating with the KSČM (The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia). Since approximately 2013, it the NAL was functioning besides a citizens' association Left Perspective (Levá perspektiva), since 2014 only the LP is active. The thesis describes, at first, generally the activities and personal background of NAL/LP and the attitudes of their members and active supporters (who we consider persons who were contributing to the web portals of the groups). Then it analyzes its relations and ideological closeness to other Leftist subjects, both political parties (Communist Party of Bohemia and...
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Far-left politics in the Czech Republic: Socialist solidarity
Pražák, Václav ; Charvát, Jan (advisor) ; Mlejnek, Josef (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the topic of the far-left politics in the Czech Republic, more precisely with the development of the Trotskyist organization Socialist Solidarity from the beginning of its establishment in the 1990s to 2019. The first part introduces besides the revolutionary ideas of Trotskyism that are necessary for a proper understanding of the functioning of Trotskyist organizations, also the thoughts and aims of the Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky, on which the ideology of Trotskyism is based. The second part is the most important and it is dedicated to the analysis of Socialist Solidarity itself, which deals with its origin, organizational structure, ecological issues, successes and failures, Also, the attitude of the Socialist Solidarity to the current political situation is presented as well as the relationship with the anarchists, which has evolved over time into positive cooperation, is outlined. Next, also other Trotskyist organizations, which were active or still are active in the Czech Republic, are marginally presented. It is the Socialist Alternative Future, the Socialist Organization of Working People, and the New Anti-Capitalist Left. In the last part, the Solidarity magazine is introduced briefly, as well as the two topics with which the Socialist Solidarity...
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Far-left politics in the Czech Republic: Socialist solidarity
Pražák, Václav ; Charvát, Jan (advisor) ; Mlejnek, Josef (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the topic of the far-left politics in the Czech Republic, more precisely with the development of the Trotskyist organization Socialist Solidarity from the beginning of its establishment in the 1990s to 2019. The first part introduces besides the revolutionary ideas of Trotskyism that are necessary for a proper understanding of the functioning of Trotskyist organizations, also the thoughts and aims of the Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky, on which the ideology of Trotskyism is based. The second part is the most important and it is dedicated to the analysis of Socialist Solidarity itself, which deals with its origin, organizational structure, ecological issues, successes and failures, Also, the attitude of the Socialist Solidarity to the current political situation is presented as well as the relationship with the anarchists, which has evolved over time into positive cooperation, is outlined. Next, also other Trotskyist organizations, which were active or still are active in the Czech Republic, are marginally presented. It is the Socialist Alternative Future, the Socialist Organization of Working People, and the New Anti-Capitalist Left. In the last part, the Solidarity magazine is introduced briefly, as well as the two topics with which the Socialist Solidarity...
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New Anti-Capitalist Left: Classical or Modern Marxism?
Zikmund, Michal ; Charvát, Jan (advisor) ; Kubátová, Hana (referee)
The thesis deals with the "New Anti-Capitalist Left" (Nová antikapitalistická levice, NAL), a Czech group radically leftist group that had been established in Prague in the autumn 2009 under the leadership of Nikola Čech, who was a member of the organization World Revolution (Revo) at the time. Revo was considered to be a Trotskyist group. The NAL was concentrating to ideological work as well as attending academic seminars, demonstrations or blockades of far-right activists. It was organizing summer camps where there notable leftist intellectuals were giving lectures, and not only at these camps the NAL was able to establish connections to a fairly wide spectrum of leftist individuals and groups, it was especially cooperating with the KSČM (The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia). Since approximately 2013, it the NAL was functioning besides a citizens' association Left Perspective (Levá perspektiva), since 2014 only the LP is active. The thesis describes, at first, generally the activities and personal background of NAL/LP and the attitudes of their members and active supporters (who we consider persons who were contributing to the web portals of the groups). Then it analyzes its relations and ideological closeness to other Leftist subjects, both political parties (Communist Party of Bohemia and...
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Trotskyism in the Czech Republic with Emphasis on Development since 2000
Štorkánová, Lucie ; Charvát, Jan (advisor) ; Kučera, Jan (referee)
The submitted thesis deals with the issue of left-wing extremism, especially the development of Trotskyist groups in the territory of Czechoslovakia, later the Czech Republic between the years 1989 - 2014. In the first part of the thesis, the background of Trotskyism thought is introduced as an ideology which is the result of a long-standing conflict between Trotsky and Stalin that was primarily concerned with direction, leadership and the nature of the Soviet Union. The main topics of Trotskyism as the intellectual movement are defined on the base of the analysis of several major writings by L. D. Trotsky. The second part is devoted to the analysis of a number of Trotskyist organizations that are acting or have acted in the Czech environment. In total, four groups from the Czech environment can be identified as Trotskyist. These are the following entities: "Budoucnost" ("Socialist Alternative Future"), "Socialistická solidarita" ("Socialist Solidarity"), "Socialistická organizace pracujících" ("Socialist Organization of Working People"), and "Nová antikapitalistická levice/Levá perspektiva" ("New Anti- Capitalist Left/Left Perspective"). This thesis is an analysis of the development of these groups, of their requirements and program principles, and of the events which these groups participated in during...
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