The Workers and Peasants Party (Parti ouvrier et paysan) was a short lived
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splinter party in
France
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in 1929-1930.
On November 24, 1929 six municipal councilors were expelled by the French Communist Party,
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(ancien secrétaire général du PCF en 1923-1924),
Jean Garchery
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, Charles Joly,
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,
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, the mayor of
Clichy was also expelled. This was during the Comintern wide drive against "right oppositionists" and "Bukharinites". On December 22, 1929 the expelled councilors formed the new party.
In December 1930 the group joined with other groups to found the
Party of Proletarian Unity.
Sources
*''Le réquisitoire des Six : Louis Sellier, Jean Garchery, Charles Jolly, Castellaz, Camille Renault, Louis Gelis, conseillers municipaux de Paris et conseillers généraux de la Seine'', Paris, Ça ira, Organe du Parti ouvrier et paysan, 1929, 69 p. Fonds Faucier du
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(UFR 09 de l'Université Paris1-Panthéon Sorbonne)
Political parties established in 1929
Political parties disestablished in 1930
Communist parties in France
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Right Opposition
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