Social movements and organizing · Citizenship: France · Background: France — People | Cyber-Lenin

Social movements and organizing Citizenship: France Background: France Clear all

21 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Sylvain Maréchal Sylvain Maréchal French writer and author of the Manifesto of the Equals Social movements and organizing · Conspiracy of the Equals / Société des Égaux 1750–1803
Antoine-François Momoro Antoine-François Momoro Cordelier printer who spread the motto “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity” Social movements and organizing · Cordeliers Club 1756–1794
Pierre-Joseph Cambon Pierre-Joseph Cambon Finance specialist who led the Convention’s finance committee Economy, finance and planning · French monarchy state institutions 1756–1820
Jean-François Varlet Jean-François Varlet Enragé activist who championed section assemblies and direct democracy Social movements and organizing · Enragés 1764–1837
François-Nicolas Vincent François-Nicolas Vincent Cordelier and Hébertist who served as secretary-general of the War Ministry Government and administration · French First Republic state institutions 1767–1794
Charlotte Corday Charlotte Corday Norman noble and Girondin sympathizer who assassinated Marat Social movements and organizing 1768–1793
Étienne Cabet Étienne Cabet Founder of the Icarian movement who coined the term 'communism' Social movements and organizing 1788–1856
Louis Auguste Blanqui Louis Blanqui Insurrectionary strategist who spent 37 years in prison; Blanquism paved the road to Leninism Social movements and organizing 1805–1881
Nathalie Le Mel Nathalie Le Mel French bookbinder and activist in the Women's Union of the Paris Commune Social movements and organizing · International Workingmen's Association (First International) 1826–1921
Louise Michel Louise Michel Montmartre teacher who fought on the Commune’s barricades, was deported to New Caledonia and became the anarchist “Red Virgin” Social movements and organizing 1830–1905
Eugène Varlin Eugène Varlin Bookbinder who led the Paris International, ran the Commune’s finances and was shot on the last day of Bloody Week Social movements and organizing 1839–1871
Marcel Cachin Marcel Cachin Leader who took the SFIO majority into the Comintern at Tours in 1920, founding the French Communist Party, and ran L’Humanité Political and party leadership · French Communist Party (PCF) 1869–1958
Fernand Loriot Fernand Loriot French socialist and teachers’ union activist who led the Committee for the Third International Social movements and organizing · Comintern 1870–1932
Alfred Rosmer Alfred Rosmer From syndicalism through the Comintern to the Fourth International: a French internationalist across a century of revolution Social movements and organizing · General Confederation of Labour (CGT, France) 1877–1964
Léon Jouhaux Léon Jouhaux The syndicalist who led the CGT for 31 years, signed the Matignon Agreements and won the Nobel Peace Prize Social movements and organizing · General Confederation of Labour (CGT, France) 1879–1954
Berty Albrecht Berty Albrecht A feminist who carried anti-fascism into clandestine resistance Social movements and organizing 1893–1943
Charles Tillon Charles Tillon A communist who carried working-class militancy into armed resistance Social movements and organizing · Francs-Tireurs et Partisans (FTP/FTPF) 1897–1993
Jean Pierre Moulin Jean Moulin The republican who bound a divided Resistance together Social movements and organizing 1899–1943
Henri Frenay Henri Frenay A Resistance organizer who moved from Vichy sympathies to opposition Social movements and organizing 1905–1988
Pierre Félix Georges Pierre Georges A communist pioneer of armed resistance to the Occupation Military command · Francs-Tireurs et Partisans (FTP/FTPF) 1919–1944
Guy Môquet Guy Môquet A young Communist activist executed under occupation Social movements and organizing 1924–1941