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11-705: The party was characterised as possibilist because it promoted gradual reforms . After the failure of the Paris Commune (1871), French socialism was beheaded as its leaders were dead or exiled. During the Marseille Congress (1879), workers' associations created the Federation of the Socialist Workers' Party of France ( Fédération du parti des travailleurs socialistes de France ), but in 1882 Jules Guesde and Paul Lafargue (the son-in-law of Karl Marx ) left

22-461: A communist society. The party originated with a secession from Federation of the Socialist Workers' Party of France , which was founded in 1879, after a split with Paul Brousse 's possibilists . The party's programme, written by Guesde with input from Marx, Lafargue and Friedrich Engels , was approved at the opening congress. The party officially became the POF in 1893. In 1902, the party merged with

33-671: A majority within the Federation, inducing the Marxists to split and found their new French Workers' Party ( Parti ouvrier français , POF) in 1882. The Federation was initially renamed the Revolutionary Socialist Workers' Party, and then commonly the Federation of the Socialist Workers of France ( Fédération des travailleurs socialistes de France ). In 1902 the small political party of the Possibilists and other groups united in

44-776: The Blanquist Central Revolutionary Committee to form the Socialist Party of France and finally merged in 1905 with Jean Jaurès ' French Socialist Party to form the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO). Marcel Cachin , who would lead the split in 1920 which led to the creation of the French Communist Party and edited L'Humanité newspaper, became a member of the POF in 1891. The Nord , Pas-de-Calais , Loire and Allier were

55-897: The French Socialist Party , which three years later merged into the French Section of the Workers' International (Section française de l'Internationale ouvrière , SFIO). This article about a political party in France is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . French Workers%27 Party The French Workers' Party ( French : Parti Ouvrier Français , POF ) was the French socialist party created in 1880 by Jules Guesde and Paul Lafargue , Karl Marx 's son-in-law (famous for having written The Right to Be Lazy , which criticized work as such, criticizing heavily liberal moral frameworks of "Right to Work"). A revolutionary party, it had as aim to abolish capitalism and replace it with

66-679: The Revolutionary Socialist Workers' Party ( Parti ouvrier socialiste révolutionnaire , POSR), which advocated the revolutionary general strike . Additionally, some deputies identified as socialists without being members of any party. These mostly advocated moderation and reform. While the Dreyfus Affair divided the country in the 1890s, socialist organizations debated whether to ally with other left-wing forces in defense of Alfred Dreyfus and against nationalism and clericalism . Contrary to Jean Jaurès , Jules Guesde thought

77-442: The Socialist Party of France of Guesde in the French Section of the Workers' International . Possibilism (politics) The Possibilists ( French : Possibilistes ), also called Broussists ( French : Broussistes ), were a faction of the French socialist movement led by Paul Brousse . Benoît Malon and others supported the faction although they did not always fully share its inspiring principles. It originated within

88-616: The "Federation of the Socialist Workers' Party of France" ( Fédération du parti des travailleurs socialistes de France ), a Marxist -inspired organisation founded by Paul Lafargue , Jules Guesde and others, in Marseilles , in 1879. Brousse opposed Marxist tactics and proclaimed the reformist principle of directing everyday political activity towards achieving the goals that were concretely 'possible' time by time, while maintaining that socialists should keep always ready to jump at future revolutionary opportunities. The Possibilists soon won

99-529: The POF promoted Marxism . At the same time, Édouard Vaillant and the heirs of Louis Auguste Blanqui founded the Central Revolutionary Committee ( Comité révolutionnaire central , CRC), which represented the French revolutionary tradition. In the 1880s, the socialists knew their first electoral success, conquering some municipalities. Jean Allemane and some FTSF members criticized the focus on electoral goals. In 1890, they split and created

110-603: The federation which they considered too moderate and founded the French Workers' Party ( Parti ouvrier français , POF). The Federation, initially renamed the Revolutionary Socialist Labour Party ( Parti ouvrier socialiste révolutionnaire ), and then commonly the Federation of the Socialist Workers of France ( Fédération des travailleurs socialistes de France , FTSF), led by Paul Brousse was defined as possibilist because it advocated gradual reforms whereas

121-729: The socialists should not ally with groups supporting bourgeois democracy . In 1899, a debate raged among socialist groups about the participation of Alexandre Millerand in Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau 's cabinet, which included the Marquis de Gallifet , best known for having directed the bloody repression during the Paris Commune. In 1902, the FTSF, the POSR and Jaurès's followers merged into the French Socialist Party . This one merged three years later with

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