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Manchester CS: Communists in the French Resistance (Voice files)

Explaining the resistance

Explaining the resistance
‘Communists in the French Resistance’ Part 1
‘Communists in the French Resistance’ Part 2
Matthew Cobb communist and author of ‘Resistance: The French Fight Against the Nazi’s’ spoke on the role of communists in the movement to expel the Nazi occupiers and overthrow the colloborationist government under Marshall Petain. He gave comrades an account of the [...]

Manchester CS: Marx and the Lessons of the Paris Commune

Communists in the French Resistance

Communists in the French Resistance
Manchester CS has kicked off the ‘Revolutionary France’ series with a discussion on the lessons of the Paris Commune of 1871, after reading chapter 5 of Karl Marx’s ‘Civil War in France’. Around 20 attended and debated the National Question, a programme to win the Peasantry, the revolutionary party and why [...]