About
Jules Guesde, born in 1845 in Paris, was a French socialist journalist and politician. Initially a radical republican, he supported the Paris Commune in 1871, which forced him into exile in Switzerland, where he converted to Marxism. Founder of the newspaper L'Égalité in 1877, he co-drafted the program of the French Workers' Party with Karl Marx and Paul Lafargue. Elected deputy for Roubaix in 1893, he was a key figure in the creation of the SFIO in 1905. He participated in the Union sacrée government during World War I. He died in 1922.
* 1845-11-11 — † 1922-07-28
Major works
- Essai de catéchisme socialiste (1878)essay
- Le collectivisme au Collège de France (1886)essay
- Le socialisme au jour le jour (1899)collection of articles
- Quatre ans de lutte de classe 1893–1898 (1901)collection of articles
Key milestones
- 1877Founded the newspaper L'Égalité, the first Marxist periodical in France.
- 1880Co-drafted the program of the French Workers' Party with Karl Marx and Paul Lafargue.
- 1905Participated in the creation of the SFIO, unifying French socialist factions.
Themes
MarxismSocialismClass struggleCollectivismInternationalism
Sources: britannica.com · oxfordreference.com · marxists.org