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Léon Blum vs. the Senate

"We Socialists Are In Favor of Abolishing the Senate"

John Ganz
Dec 19, 2021
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File:Camille Chautemps, Léon Blum, 1937.jpg
Blum and his successor Chautemps, source: wikipedia

In a previous post, I wrote about the election of the Popular Front in France, the sit-down strike wave of 1936, and the subsequent sweeping social legislation ushered through by Léon Blum’s government: the 40-hour week, paid vacation, and collective bargaining. In the next ten weeks, the Popular Front …

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