A Marxist History of the World part 85: June 1936: the French general strike and factory occupations

http://www.counterfire.org/index.php/articles/a-marxist-history-of-the-world/15920-a-marxist-history-of-the-world-part-85-june-1936-the-french-general-strike-and-factory-occupations
Date Written:  2012-07-22
Publisher:  Counterfire
Year Published:  2012
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX14546

In the mid-1930s French workers launched a wave of strikes and occupations. Neil Faulkner explains how the Stalinised Communist Party worked to contain this resistance.

Subject Headings

• Class Conflict/Class Struggle
• Economic Crises
• French History
• General Strikes
• Popular Fronts
• Social Democracy
• Working Class