militant tendency

• Terme politique désignant une faction ou un groupe au sein d'une organisation plus large, aux positions extrêmes ou intransigeantes, souvent associé à la gauche. Il est historiquement lié à un groupe trotskiste spécifique qui pratiquait l'entrisme au sein du Parti travailliste britannique dans les années 1970 et 1980.

A political term referring to a faction or group within a larger organization that holds extreme or uncompromising views, often associated with left-wing politics. Historically linked to a specific Trotskyist entryist group within the British Labour Party in the 1970s and 1980s.

1. Political faction within the Labour PartyC1formalbritish

   A far-left Trotskyist group that operated within the British Labour Party from the 1960s to the 1990s, advocating for revolutionary socialist policies.

   Tendance militante

   • The Militant Tendency was expelled from the Labour Party in the 1980s.
   • Many members of the Militant Tendency were active in local government in Liverpool.
   • The group's influence peaked during the early 1980s.

2. General political tendencyC1formal

   A general inclination or movement within a political organization that advocates for aggressive or extreme measures to achieve its goals.

   tendance militante

   • The party's militant tendency pushed for more radical economic reforms.
   • A militant tendency within the union called for a general strike.
   • The government cracked down on the militant tendency in the student movement.