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Charlie Hebdo
French satirical weekly newspaper
Paris Commune
revolutionary city council of Paris in 1871
Jacques Hébert
French journalist and politician
La France insoumise
French left-wing political party
Situationist International
international organization of social revolutionaries
Cordeliers
The Society of the Friends of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ( ), mainly known as Cordeliers Club ( ), was a populist political club during the French Revolution from 1790 to 1794, when the Reign of Terror ended and the Thermidorian Reaction began.
Action Directe
far-left French terrorist group
2023 French pension reform strikes
protests against the Borne government pension reform
New Anti-Capitalist Party
French political party
Revolutionary Communist League
French political party
Enragés
The Enragés (; ), commonly known as the Ultra-radicals (), were a small number of firebrands known for defending the lower class and expressing the demands of the radical sans-culottes during the French Revolution. They played an active role in the 31 May – 2 June 1793 Paris uprisings that forced the expulsion of the Girondins from the National Convention, allowing the Montagnards to assume full control. The Enragés gained their name for their angry rhetoric appealing to the National Convention to take more measures that would benefit the poor. Jacques Roux, Jean-François Varlet, Jean Théophil
Hébertists
The Hébertists (, ), or Exaggerators (), were a radical revolutionary political group associated with the populist journalist Jacques Hébert, a member of the Cordeliers club. They came to power during the Reign of Terror and played a significant role in the French Revolution.
Terra Lliure
independentist and socialist armed organization of the Catalan Countries
Socialisme ou Barbarie
French-based radical libertarian socialist group of the post-World War II period (1949-1967)
Human Rights League
association under the French law of 1901
Le Père Duchesne
periodical literature
Pole of Communist Revival in France
political organization in France
Alternative libertaire
French anarcho-communist organization
Workers' Communist Party of France
French political party
Breton Communist Party
political party in France
Unitarian Left
political party
Communist Revolutionary Party of France
French political party
Marxist–Leninist Communist Organization – Proletarian Way
political party
death of Quentin Deranque
February 2026 death in France
Jeune Garde
French anti-fascist group
Les Alternatifs
political party
Mitterrand doctrine
French policy on extradition