Within the space of two years the political line of the French Communist Party whatsoever! turned full cincle. In the years between 1928 and 1934 the Freach Party, following the tine laid down from Mos cow, ngocted all united fronts with the social democrats. The social democratic parties were merely the twin brother of Fascium - they had to be smashed.
But as the crisis mounted in 1934 thete was increasing pressure from within the class and the party for a change of line. This was reflected on 12 February when the CP was forced to back a demon stration called by the SFIO which level.' mobilised 100,000 peuple and ended in repeated cries of 'unity The winds of change were also blowing in the Kremlin. Stalin began to make moves to conclude a pact with French imperialIsm - nomera, that had to be prepared inside France.
The first stage was the call at the French CP's national congress in Ivey during June 1934 for an 'anti-fascist united tront. The party accepted a united front Fmsnce.' proposed by the SPIO which included a clause that hath would refrain mutually from all attacies, insults and criticisms against one another's organisations and party members". Foom a position of the wildest slanging of the social democrats, the Stalinists dropped all criticism Four months later Thores extended the alive branch to the Radicals as well with a call for 'a popular tront for Inboar, freedom and peace. Stalin was meanwhile