Parti Socialiste Français Archives

Period 1901-1902
Total size   0.05 m.
Consultation Not restricted

History

Established in 1899 at the first Congrès Général des Organisations Socialistes Françaises held in Paris, uniting many socialist groups of different tendencies in spite of contradictory views with respect to the acceptance of ministerial posts by socialists; the unity was not lasting; at the second general congress in September 1900 the anti-Ministerialist tendency led by Jules Guesde broke away, followed by other groups, including Edouard Vaillant and his supporters at the third congress in 1901; the most important leader of the PSF became Jean Jaurès, a Ministerialist; the party's organization was consolidated at the congress of Tours in 1902; reconciliation of the French socialists followed at the International Socialist Congress in Amsterdam in 1904, where reunification was decided, resulting in the founding of the Section Française de l'Internationale Ouvrière (SFIO) in 1905.

Content

Minute book of the meetings of the General Committee of the Parti Socialiste Français from 1901 (June 12) until 1902 (January 8).