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Sa Majest é le Peuple ? Street Politics and the Left, 1918–1945

Sa Majest é le Peuple ? Street Politics and the Left, 1918–1945. Dr Jessica Wardhaugh. Am édée Dunois.

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Sa Majest é le Peuple ? Street Politics and the Left, 1918–1945

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  1. Sa Majesté le Peuple? Street Politics and the Left, 1918–1945 Dr Jessica Wardhaugh

  2. Amédée Dunois ‘Le 14 juillet 1789 est le point culminant des temps modernes. Ce jour-là à six heures du soir tout un monde finit, tout un autre monde commence. Le peuplen’étaitjusquelàqu’uneinertematière. Il s’élève tout d’un coup àl’esprit, qui, de cettematière, fait une force. Désormais, l’histoire ne se fera plus nicontreluini sans lui (le fascismel’apprendra un jour àsesdepens). Désormais, c’estlui qui feral’histoire.’ (Le Populaire, 14 July 1937)

  3. Lecture plan A. Street politics in post-war Europe War and revolution B. The street and the left in France Revolutionary associations Patterns of behaviour C. Case study: the French Popular Front Rival narratives Unity in the streets Spontaneity and subversion

  4. The Faubourg Saint-Antoine, 14 July 1936

  5. Yves Grosrichard, L’Oeuvre, 14 July 1936 “Chère et magnifique rue, cher et magnifique faubourg ! C’est là qu’on vit aux fenêtres, drapées dans de généreuses robes écarlates souveraines, les descendantes des citoyennes qui ont pris la Bastille et qui sont un jour allées à Versailles réclamer du pain. Il n’est pas de vraie fête populaire sans ces déesses puissantes.”

  6. Mur des Fédérés

  7. Street politics and the Popular Front • 6 February 1934: right-wing riot, Place de la Concorde • 12 February 1934: left-wing response: mass demonstration in the east of Paris • 14 July 1935: common celebration by Communists, Socialists and Radicals • April/May 1936: electoral victory for the Popular Front (large-scale celebrations on 14 July) • 16 March 1937: riot at Clichy • 30 November 1938: failed general strike

  8. Popular Front demonstration,14 July 1935

  9. En grève, 1936

  10. ‘L’autorité n’est pas dans la rue : on veut l’entendre redire.’ L’Ere nouvelle, 13 May 1936

  11. Violence at Clichy, March 1937

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