One Hundred Years of History of the French Communist Party: The Red Party

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Introduction
Contents
Acronyms
1 Origin and Formation of a New Party
	The Shock of War
	The Impact of the Russian Revolutions
	The Appeal of the International
	Debate Among Socialists
	The Tours Congress
2 The Emergence of a New Party 1921–1933
	First Rifts
	Facing the Storm
	Hesitations and the “Class Versus Class” Turnaround
	On the Way to Revolution?
	The PC at Its Lowest Point
3 The Time of the Popular Front
	The PCF at the Origins of the Popular Front
	New Motto, New Project
	The PC Becomes Part of the Political Landscape
	The “Ministry of the Masses”
	A Popular Party
	A Time of Difficulties and Isolation
4 The PCF in the War
	The German-Soviet Pact and the “Phoney War”
	The Defeat and the Beginning of the Occupation
	Entering the Armed Struggle
	At the Heart of Resistance Action
	Preparing for Liberation
	Polemics
5 The First Party of France
	Insurgency and Position of Power
	A Governing Party
	The PCF and the Left: A New Power-Based Relationship
	The Communist Galaxy
6 Joining the Cold War
	The Dismissal of the Communist Ministers
	PCF, Kominform, and International Relations
	The PCF and People’s Democracies
	The Strikes of 1947–1953: The Shadow of the PCF?
	Colonial Wars and the Struggle for Peace
	Anti-Americanism
	The Return of Anti-Communism
	A Monolithic Party?
	The Marty-Tillon Case
7 An Uncertain Party (1953–1958)
	The Death of Stalin
	The Time of the EDC (1950–1954)
	Hardening or Opening?
	The PCF and the 20th CPSU Congress
	Mao Zedong’s Appeal to Fight the “Opportunists”.
	The PCF and the Beginning of the Algerian War
8 The PCF and Gaullism 1958–1968
	Faced with the Gaullist Coup De Force
	The Servin-Casanova Case
	The Beginnings of a Modernisation
	Waldeck Rochet at Work
	Continued Dialogue with Christians
	Strengthening the Union of the Left and the Party
9 1968–1972: Between Two Springs
	Satisfaction and Concerns
	The “Leftists” on the Move?
	The Labour Movement Enters the Scene
	The Alternative at the Corner of Street?
	The Political Imbroglio
	The Time of Rising
	Prague Spring
	The Shock
	After the Storm
	Time for Renewal?
	The Programme, at Last!
10 From the Common Agenda to the Departure of the Government (1972–1984)
	A Puzzling Direction
	Everything Was on the Move
	The Party of Georges Marchais
	Eurocommunism
	The Split of the Union of the Left
	Disaccords and Tensing
	The Shock of 1981
	In the Government
11 1984–2002: An Irresistible Setback
	1984–1985: Beginning of the Crisis
	The “Party of Struggles” and Perestroika
	A Cultural Crisis
	Respite and “Mutation”
12 2002–2019: Conjuring Decline
	A Retracted Continent
	The Social Substratum of Decline
	Left and Labour Movement: End of the Game?
	The “Antiliberal” Experiment
	The Hopes of the Left Front
	The Front Breaks up
	The Shock of 2017
	No More “International Communist Movement”
Conclusion
Annexes
Staffing Levels
Election Result
Legislative Elections
Presidential Elections
Regional Elections
Cantonal and Departmental Elections
The European Elections
Communist Elected Representatives
The Sociology of the Vote
The Workers’ Vote Since 1958
The Communist Vote by Category of Voters Since 1978 (% Penetration)
The Sociology of Activists
The Members
Communist Leadership
The Central Committee 1920–2018
Municipal Communism
The Organisation
Democratic Centralism
Statutory Functioning
Counter-Company
Humanity Day
Women
The “ex” of the PCF
The Archives of Communism
General Secretaries and Congresses
Bibliography
Index