The ''Le Mouvement socialiste'' (
en: ''The Socialist Movement'') was a
revolutionary syndicalist journal
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*Bullet journal, a method of personal organization
*Diary, a record of what happened over the course of a day or other period
*Daybook, also known as a general journal, a ...
in
France
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founded in 1899 by
Hubert Lagardelle
Hubert Lagardelle (8 July 1874 – 20 September 1958) was a pioneer of French revolutionary syndicalism. He regularly authored reviews for the Plans magazine, was co-founder of the journal Prélude, and Minister of Labour in the Vichy regime.
...
and dissolved in 1914. Other key founders included
Karl Marx
Karl Heinrich Marx (; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist, critic of political economy, and socialist revolutionary. His best-known titles are the 1848 ...
's grandson
Jean Longuet
Jean-Laurent-Frederick Longuet (5 October 1876 – 11 September 1938) was a French socialist politician and journalist. He was Karl Marx's grandson.
Early years
Jean, often called 'Johnny' as a boy by his family, was born in London on October 5 ...
and
Émile Durkheim
David Émile Durkheim ( or ; 15 April 1858 – 15 November 1917) was a French sociologist. Durkheim formally established the academic discipline of sociology and is commonly cited as one of the principal architects of modern social science, al ...
's nephew
Marcel Mauss
Marcel Mauss (; 10 May 1872 – 10 February 1950) was a French sociologist and anthropologist known as the "father of French ethnology". The nephew of Émile Durkheim, Mauss, in his academic work, crossed the boundaries between sociology and ...
. It advocated segregation of social classes; opposed
bourgeois life,
democracy
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,
universal suffrage
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, and
parliamentarism
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; and supported a society led by "conscious, rebellious" men that would develop a disciplined bold
new man as part of a "worker's army". The journal was popular and attracted an international audience in its examination of
Marxism
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and revolutionary syndicalism, with well-known revolutionary syndicalists contributing to it, such as
Georges Sorel
Georges Eugène Sorel (; ; 2 November 1847 – 29 August 1922) was a French social thinker, political theorist, historian, and later journalist. He has inspired theories and movements grouped under the name of Sorelianism. His social and ...
and
Victor Griffuelhes.
[A. Thomas Lane. ''Biographical dictionary of European labor leaders''. Westport, Connecticut, USA: Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc, 1995. Pp. 533.]
References
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1899 establishments in France
1914 disestablishments in France
Defunct political magazines published in France
French-language magazines
Magazines established in 1899
Magazines disestablished in 1914
Socialism in France
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Syndicalism
Revolutionary Syndicalism