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The Strike Wave of ’36

An Almost Revolution

John Ganz
Nov 14, 2021
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Renault workers on strike, 1936
Renault Workers on Strike, image from libcom.com

As long-time Unpopular Front subscribers will now, I’ve written in the newsletter quite a bit about the history of the French Third Republic, from the Dreyfus Affair to Feb 6 1934. I decided not to do a long series on the Popular Front years, when the Socialists governed France in coalition with the Commun…

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