Tours Congress of 1920

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The Tours Congress of 1920 was the pivotal convention at which a majority of French socialists voted to join the Communist International, leading to the creation of the French Communist Party.

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Tours Congress of 1920 canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
political party congress ⓘ
socialist congress ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Congrès de Tours de 1920 ⓘ
Congrès de Tours de la SFIO ⓘ
attendedBy Jean Longuet ⓘ
Ludovic-Oscar Frossard ⓘ
Léon Blum ⓘ
Marcel Cachin ⓘ
Paul Faure ⓘ
chronology took place after World War I ⓘ
took place during the early years of the Third International ⓘ
country France ⓘ
describedAs founding moment of the French Communist Party ⓘ
pivotal convention in French socialist history ⓘ
endDate 1920-12-30 ⓘ
followed Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 ⓘ
linked to: Russian Revolution

founding of the Communist International in 1919 ⓘ
hasEffect affiliation of majority of French socialists to the Communist International ⓘ
creation of the French Communist Party ⓘ
foundation of the Section française de l'Internationale communiste ⓘ
split of the French socialist movement ⓘ
ideologicalContext debate between reformist socialism and revolutionary communism ⓘ
language French ⓘ
location Centre-Val de Loire ⓘ
Indre-et-Loire ⓘ
Tours ⓘ
linked to: Tours, France
organizedBy French Section of the Workers' International ⓘ
SFIO ⓘ
partOf history of communism in France ⓘ
history of socialism in France ⓘ
history of the French labor movement ⓘ
pointInTime December 1920 ⓘ
politicalContext influence of the Russian Revolution on European socialism ⓘ
post–World War I social unrest in France ⓘ
resultedIn French Communist Party ⓘ
PCF ⓘ
minority SFIO continuing as a separate party ⓘ
significantFor Third International ⓘ
expansion of the Communist International ⓘ
rise of communism in France ⓘ
split between reformist and revolutionary socialism in France ⓘ
startDate 1920-12-25 ⓘ
topic adhesion to the Communist International ⓘ
conditions of membership in the Comintern ⓘ
strategy of the French socialist movement after World War I ⓘ
votingResult majority for joining the Communist International ⓘ
minority for remaining in the Second International tradition ⓘ

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Communist Party of France → notableEvent → Tours Congress of 1920 ⓘ
Marcel Cachin → participatedIn → Tours Congress of 1920 ⓘ