香港左派政团的兴衰与嬗变

Rise and Fall of the Leftist Political Groups in Hong Kong

在新中国建立前后,香港的左派政团一直信奉爱国、平等与激进三大价值。20世纪60年代末以来,左派政团生存空间受到挤压,因而不得不谋求转型,即在政治上保留爱国价值的同时,逐步在社会经济维度上淡化其平等与激进的色彩。之后,政团政党化的浪潮使得部分左派政团转型为建制派政党;与此同时,另一类"新左派"政党也随之出现,这类政党在社会经济维度上更为左倾,但在政治上却颇为"本土化"。近年来,这两类政党之间的竞争正逐渐制约着香港未来的政治发展轨迹。

Around the founding of People＇s Republic of China, the leftist political groups in Hong Kong committed themselves to the values of patriotism, equality and radicalism. Since late 1960 s, the leftist groups have been under pressure and compelled to pursue transformation. Politically they adhere to patriotism, but gradually downplay equality and radicalism socioeconomically. Afterwards, in the prevailing trend when political groups turned into political parties in Hong Kong, some leftist groups transformed into ＂pro-establishment＂ parties.Meanwhile, another type of ＂new leftist＂ parties came into being. The latter are socioeconomically more left-leaning but politically more ＂localized＂. In recent years, the competition between these two types of parties has come to restrain the political development in Hong Kong.