Anasse Kazib

Anasse Kazib (born 2 January 1987) is a French railway worker, trade-unionist and trotskyist political activist. He was active in the 2018 railway strikes in France and became a visible news commentator and organizer in subsequent social movements. He attempted to run for the French presidency in 2022 and stood as a candidate in the 2024 legislative elections for the movement Révolution Permanente.

Early life and background Anasse Kazib was born in 1987 in Sarcelles (Val-d'Oise) into a family of five children. He demanded the resignation of SNCF CEO Jean-Pierre Farandou.

Presidential pre-candidacy (2021–2022) Kazib declared a "pre-candidacy" for the 2022 presidential election on 4 April 2021 during an NPA (New Anticapitalist Party) political council. The candidature was rejected by the majority branch of the party amid internal tensions between a radical faction (including the Courant communiste révolutionnaire) and a more moderate faction open to rapprochements with La France Insoumise. The Courant communiste révolutionnaire left the NPA in June 2021, depriving the party of about 300 activists; the NPA ultimately presented Philippe Poutou as its candidate. His platform focused on increasing the minimum wage, defending public services, opposing pension reforms, and opposing neoliberal policies.

Kazib presented a platform described as communist, revolutionary, ecological, anti-imperialist and opposed to discrimination, with an emphasis on youth. Supporters included Assa Traoré, journalist Taha Bouhafs, sociologist Kaoutar Harchi and transfeminist activist Sasha Yaropolskaïa. However, his organisation did not obtain the required number of sponsorships (it collected 160 validated sponsorships) and he was not accepted on the official presidential ballot.