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often coming to blows with them they also have a desire to overthrow the
liberal democratic system it is important to note that the Communist
Party has also called on its members to fight fascists tonight as well as
government forces but despite the complex disunity these
groups are a severe threat to French damar
krisi the ever sensationalist paris press has published detailed
descriptions of the league plans and the league manifestos and such publicity
leads to large crowds gathering at points throughout the city in the
evening they start to march on the + de la Concorde as night comes things start
to get violent police block the Concorde bridge and the mob begins hurling debris
and rocks in response cavalry are sent in as reinforcements and charge at the
demonstrators but the mob have brought with them sticks with razor blades
attached if they succeed in cutting down a horse they leap upon the Fallen rider
and beat him savagely the first shots are soon fired now no one knows from
where or from whom but they heighten the panic the fighting intensifies communist
demonstrators now also break away and pillage the Rue Royale and buildings
government or otherwise in the area are set ablaze rocks are thrown at
firefighters battling the flames meanwhile an equal amount of chaos has
taken place in the Chamber of Deputies itself since 3 p.m. de la da has
consistently been prevented from reading his ministerial declaration
conservatives keep breaking into choruses of the Marseillaise and
communists keep belting out the International knowledge this fights
occur between rival deputies the speaker's been forced to suspend the
session several times and just when things settled down the deputies hear
the first shots ring out and many flees hurrying past the injured police treated
by doctors in the corridors by the time things are finally adjourned at around
8:30 p.m. there were only about 5 non cabinet member Deputies left in the
chamber back outside much of the mob has turned towards the presidential palace
and the Ministry of the Interior after some bloody fighting they are
beaten back and retreat to the Concorde once again then at about 10:30
rioters unaware that the deputies have left begin a full assault on the bridge
in front of the Assembly Building 11:30 they seemed to be breaking through
the last police barricade the guards panic and shoot indiscriminately without
warning at the charging mob halting it in its tracks as midnight comes around
demonstrators are finally beaten back fires are now being taken care of and
police take control of the situation by 2:30 in the morning the riots seem to be
over for now but the following week sees further chaos and further violence admit
day the next day anyhow de la dia is forced to resign after the cartel falls
once again and the police and judiciary challenged his authority in his place
now is former president Gaston doumergue and a new right-wing cabinet street
fights demonstrations and strikes will take place throughout the next few days
adding to the worst civil bloodshed France has seen since the days of the
Paris Commune it is widely believed by the left that this has all been a
fascist coup again that the press do little to calm these fears later in the
week socialist and communist groups come together to protest against the fascist
threat now obviously I just detailed how Communist rioters fought alongside
fascist ones but this seems to be the result more of organizational confusion
and mob mentality rather than any ideological cause in fact Moscow has
been pressuring the communist parties to adopt a more conciliatory stance towards
left-wing and moderate groups they are advised now to form popular fronts
against the ultimate enemy Nazi Germany anti-fascism is the priority of
international communism now and in the coming years it will join forces with
even the radicals to form a bulwark against the radical right speaking of
the radical right February 6 has in many ways been a success for them they have
successfully forced a center-left cabinet out of government a first in the
Third Republic tens of thousands of new members are now also swelling the ranks
of the league's like the quad therefore many of the parliamentary right-wing
have now also been radicalized adding to the political stratification
we could of course look at this and see France as a nation full of people just
waiting for either a new war or a dictatorship but it's important to
remember that leaving aside the extremist forces of the time much of
public opinion leans towards pacifist democracy and pacifist groups most
literally millions of members at the same time however the battle lines have
been well and truly drawn the political turbulence of the 1920s and 1930s has
shown that many of the men in charge of running and defending the Third Republic
despise it the formation of a Popular Front may be desirable for the ordinary
citizen who has no wish to see a fascist third but two conservative generals of
the army it reeks of entry-level communism this is also mirrored in the
massive growth of the far-right leagues after February 6 and their work to
undermine the Third Republic continues and who knows if a united Popular Front
will be able to survive and fight off the fascist threats any help by this
point pretty much every communist party in Europe defers to Moscow and if
Stalin's position of Nazi Germany changes so will everyone else's the
unity of Verdun is now but a distant memory things have fallen apart will the
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