List of left communists


Left communism is a form of communism with its origins in the left-wing of several parties of the Communist International. Its two main original branches were in council communism and Bordigism. This is a list of theorists and political figures who have identified themselves as left communist, communist left, Bordigist or council communist.

Council communists

  • Herman Gorter
  • Otto Rühle
  • Jan Appel
  • Paul Mattick
  • Guy Debord
  • Antonie Pannekoek
  • Bernhard Reichenbach
  • Henriette Roland Holst
  • Karl Schröder
  • Ernst Schwarz

    Italian-left communists

  • Amadeo Bordiga
  • Onorato Damen
  • Jacques Camatte
  • Suzanne Voute

    Left communists

  • Marc Chirik
  • Gilles Dauvé
  • Guy Debord
  • Willie Gallacher
  • Salih Hacioglu
  • Alexandra Kollontai
  • Alexander Shliapnikov
  • Claude McKay
  • Gavril Myasnikov
  • Ethem Nejat
  • Sylvia Pankhurst
  • Maximilien Rubel
  • Grandizo Munis