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Cross-class alliance

Concept in Trotskyist political theory

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionOct 11, 2025
Entity authorityQ5188442 ↗
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A cross-class alliance is a term for an organisation that bypasses social-economic classes in pursuit of its aim. It is often used by Trotskyists as a term of abuse towards popular fronts as they prefer working class united fronts, however some also accuse some supposed united fronts as being cross class alliances.

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