Robert-Jean Gustave Longuet, (9 December 1901 – 19 March 1987) was a French lawyer, journalist and militant socialist. He was the son of

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 the great-grandson of

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 ...

. He notably rejected many overtures by

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to whom it is said he often replied "No. You have falsified my great-grandfather." He was a supporter of

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during the

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Biography

From 1924–1926, Lonquet was the editor of '' Le Quotidien'' and later became the editorial secretary of the ''Nouvelle revue socialiste'' in 1926. After a trip to Morocco in 1926 and in 1927, his work as a lawyer led him to defend

anti-imperialist Anti-imperialism in political science and international relations is a term used in a variety of contexts, usually by nationalist movements who want to secede from a larger polity (usually in the form of an empire, but also in a multi-ethnic so ...

activists. Longuet founded in the magazine ''Maghreb'' in 1932 which existed until 1935. Before the start of the Second World War, he emigrated to the United States and lived there for five years. After the conclusion of the war, Longuet worked primarily as a journalist. He was the Washington correspondent of the communist daily ''Tonight'', and additionally the editor of the newspaper ''Libération Emmanuel d'Astier La Vigerie''. He also travelled to Africa, Morocco in particular, and Eastern Europe. During the

Algerian War The Algerian War, also known as the Algerian Revolution or the Algerian War of Independence,( ar, الثورة الجزائرية '; '' ber, Tagrawla Tadzayrit''; french: Guerre d'Algérie or ') and sometimes in Algeria as the War of 1 November ...

he defended National Liberation Front activists as well as the activists at the

Grand Mosque of Paris The Grand Mosque of Paris (french: Grande Mosquée de Paris), also known as the Great Mosque of Paris or simply the Paris Mosque, is located in the 5th arrondissement and is one of the largest mosques in France. There are prayer rooms, an outdoo ...

. In August 1979 he cooperated with Czechoslovak communist secret police on demonstration supporting the invasion of Warsaw pact armies to Czechoslovakia in August 1968. Lonquet died in

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on 19 March 1987.

Bibliography

* ''La Profession d’avocat'', 1932 * ''Colonialisme et civilisation'', 1934 * ''La Question coloniale'', 1936 * ''Karl Marx, mon grand-père'', Stock, 1977 * ''Au cœur de l’Europe, le "printemps" ou "l’automne" de Prague'', Coopérative ouvrière de presse et d’éditions, Luxembourg, 1978, Préface by

Jeannette Vermeersch Jeannette Vermeersch (born Julie Marie Vermeersch; 26 November 1910 – 5 November 2001) was a French politician. She is principally known for having been the companion (1932–1947) and then the wife (1947–1964) of Maurice Thorez, general ...

Sources

* Dictionnaire biographique du mouvement ouvrier français, tome 35 (fr) * Georges Oved, La Gauche française et le nationalisme marocain, 1905-1955, L’Harmattan, 1984 (fr)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Longuet, Robert-Jean 1901 births 1987 deaths 20th-century French lawyers 20th-century French journalists Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery French people of German-Jewish descent French Section of the Workers' International politicians