- Guesde, Jules
- (1845-1922)political figureBorn Jules Bazile in Paris, Jules Guesde, as he is known, contributed to the popularizing of Marxism in France with the creation of the first French Marxist journal, L'Égalité(1877-83). He also helped to form in 1882, with paul lafargue, the Worker Party (Parti ouvrier), which became the French Worker Party (Parti ouvrier français) in 1893. Guesde then, with other groups, formed the socialist party of France (Parti socialiste de France) in 1902 which, in 1905, joined with the French socialist party (Parti socialiste français) of jean jaures to become the Socialist Party (SFIO). Deputy for Roubaix beginning in 1893, Guesde declared himself to be a collectivist, internationalist, and revolutionary. In contrast to Jaurès, he opposed socialist participation in the "bourgeois" government of pierre waldeck-rousseau (1899). His ideas were important to the Amsterdam Congress for only a short period, after which Jaurès dominated the French socialist movement. Despite his theoretical views, Guesde accepted the role of minister of state (1914-16) and adopted nationalist policies during World War I.
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