The Party of Proletarian Unity (french: Parti de l'Unité Prolétarienne, ''PUP'') was a French

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History

It was formed on December 21, 1930 by

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expelled from the

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(PCF), together with some who had previously belonged to the left-wing of the Section française de l'Internationale ouvrière (SFIO). Its members were known in France as ''pupistes'', and one of its notable leaders was

Alexandre Bachelet Alexandre Edmond Bachelet (6 January 1866 – 1 August 1945) was a French socialist politician. Bachelet was born in Saudemont in the Pas-de-Calais into a working-class family. The family moved to Saint-Ouen, a northern suburb of Paris. Bac ...

. At one time, the party held ten seats in the

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of the Third Republic. The PUP affiliated to the London Bureau of left-socialist parties. On January 31, 1937, it voted to rejoin the SFIO. Many of the top members of the PUP subsequently were involved with collaboration with the Axis powers during the

Vichy regime Vichy France (french: Régime de Vichy; 10 July 1940 – 9 August 1944), officially the French State ('), was the fascist French state headed by Marshal Philippe Pétain during World War II. Officially independent, but with half of its terr ...

External links

''Biography'' of A. E. Bachelet
(in French) Political parties established in 1930 Proletarian Unity Political parties of the French Third Republic Political parties disestablished in 1937 1930 establishments in France 1937 disestablishments in France International Revolutionary Marxist Centre {{France-party-stub