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following the dissolution of the

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'' party. The PRS counted among its members Charles Albert, a former

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who had turned neo-

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, Hubert Bourguin and

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, a future left-wing

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. Although it was close to fascism and to some far-right leagues, the PRS later joined the left-wing, and several of its members, including Georges Valois himself, took part in the

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. It is representative of the French non-conformist movement of the 1930s. The PRS published a press organ, the ''Cahiers Bleus'' which published at the Librairie Valois edition its first numero on 15 August 1928 and its 119th and last issue on 23 May 1932, during the Second '' Cartel des gauches'' (Left-wing Coalition). The ''Cahiers Bleus'' were a monthly and bi-monthly, with the subtitle "''Pour la république syndicale: organe de culture générale et d'organisation"''" (For the Trade-Unions' Republic: Organ of ''Culture générale'' and Organisation"). Its aim was to develop a new economy, founded on trade unions and

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. Collaborators to the ''Cahiers Bleus'' included Edouard Berth, who had co-founded the ''

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'' with Valois,

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, a future neo-socialist excluded from the

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(SFIO) and then collaborationist,

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, co-founder of the liberal

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, and

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, future Prime minister during the Fourth Republic, from the young guard (''jeunes loups'') of the Radical-Socialist Party. The ''Cahiers bleus'' became the '' Chantiers coopératifs'' (Co-operative Workshops ?), then followed by the ''Cahiers bleus. 2e serie.'' (1931-1932).

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Defunct political parties in France Political parties of the French Third Republic Political parties established in 1928 1928 establishments in France Political parties with year of disestablishment missing National syndicalism Fascist parties in France {{France-party-stub