# Daniel Gluckstein

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{{short description|French Trotskyist politician}}
thumb|Daniel Gluckstein in Lyon, France (2002)

'''Daniel Gluckstein''' (born 3 March 1953 in [Paris](/source/Paris)) is a French [Trotskyist](/source/Trotskyism) [politician](/source/politics) best known for running in the [French presidential election of 2002](/source/2002_French_presidential_election) as the candidate of the [Workers' Party](/source/Workers'_Party_(France)) (''Parti des Travailleurs'', PT).

==Biography==
In 1968, he joined the Revolutionary Communist Youth (JCR). Then in 1979, he founded the [Communist League Internationalist](/source/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](/source/European_Parliament), he obtained 0.43% of the vote. He was candidate for the legislative elections in [Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis](/source/Montreuil%2C_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](/source/Independent_Workers'_Party) together with [Gérard Schivardi](/source/G%C3%A9rard_Schivardi).<ref>{{Cite news |title=An exclusive interview with Daniel Gluckstein, a founder of the POI party |date=2008-06-16 |author=Jan van der Made |journal=Radio France International}}</ref>

In 2015, he co-founded the new [Workers' Party](/source/Workers'_Party_(France%2C_2015)).

== Personal life ==
Gluckstein is [married](/source/marriage), with three [child](/source/child)ren, and is a former [professor](/source/professor) of [history](/source/history) in a professional college. Like many Trotskyist leaders, he has a [pseudonym](/source/pseudonym), "Seldjouk".

==Bibliography==
* ''Qui dirige ? Personne on s'en charge nous-mêmes'', SELIO, 1987
* ''Discussion autour de lutte des classes et mondialisation.''  1990.  OCLC 84677125 (with [Pierre Lambert](/source/Pierre_Lambert)) 
* ''Le Fonds monétaire international (F.M.I): Une entreprise de pillage des peuples'', SELIO, 1990, 272 pages {{ISBN|2-906981-13-3}}
* ''La Sécu, elle est à nous'', SELIO, 1996, 340 pages {{ISBN|2-906981-18-4}}
* ''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|9782906981201}} [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/468152145 WorldCat]
*''Itinéraires''. Monaco: Rocher, 2002. {{ISBN|978-2-268-04233-6}}  (with Pierre Lambert).<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51242409 Worldcat entry]</ref>

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