Spartacist League
The Spartacist League, officially known as the International Communist League (Fourth International), is a Trotskyist organization named after the original Spartacus League (Spartakusbund), a German revolutionary group in the post-WW1 period. While the historical group was led by famous socialists like Rosa Luxemburg and actually managed to start a short-lived uprising, the modern group is mostly known for its extreme sectarianism, support for NAMBLA, and for calling leaders like Hugo Chavez, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Colonel Gadaffi "reactionary" but then becoming their staunchest defenders whenever they seem to be "under attack" by imperialism. They hate the equally nutty Maoist group, Revolutionary Communist Party, mainly because they see it as sex-negative. Lyndon LaRouche was also involved with them at one point.
We're not kidding on the NAMBLA part; the group supports Roman Polanski without even trying to deny what he did like most of his supporters do. They say that raping a 14 year old girl is perfectly acceptable "based on our Marxist programme for women’s liberation through socialist revolution."[1] This interpretation of "women's liberation" is unlikely to gain ground with many feminists.
When the socialists and anarchists show up for a demo, the Spartacists are the ones with the very well-made signs and the stupidly elaborate chants.
[edit] Typical Spartacist sign
- Hands off NAMBLA! Defend North Korea from imperialist attack! Iran must have nukes to defend itself from Zionist aggression! - Spartacist