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France 1936 ‘sit-in strikes’: When workers moved towards power

22 June 2026 Peter Taaffe (first published by the Militant newspaper in 1978)

This year marks the 90th anniversary of a wave of mass strikes in France, following the election of a Popular Front government. To mark the occasion, we publish an article written by PETER TAAFFE, which […]

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