Francois de Massot
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Son of the Surrealist writer Pierre de Massot, associate of Francis Picabia
and André Breton
, Francois de Massot joined the Trotskyist movement in France as a young man just after the end of the Second World War. Like other young Trotskyists he was a work-volunteer in Tito's Yugoslavia. He supported the Marcel Bleibtreu
-Pierre Lambert
wing of the Parti Communiste Internationaliste (PCI) after they split with Pierre Frank
and Michel Pablo
in 1953 and remained a close associate of Pierre Lambert
up to the latter's death. de Massot gave an oration at Lambert's funeral. Of French-Scottish extraction and fluent in English, he worked as a translator, including in the film industry, but has for most of his life been a political activist with the PCI-OCI and its successors. He was, from an early time, responsible for the link between the Lambert group in France and the Healy Group in Britain, (later to become the Socialist Labour League) as well as with the American SWP (Socialist Workers Party
), the main components of the International Committee of the Fourth International
from 1953 to 1963. In this capacity he regularly attended conferences of the Socialist Labour League and meetings of the ICFI. He is the author of a book on the May-June Events in France; was a journalist on Informations Ouvrieres, the OCI-PCI newspaper; has been an editor of La Verite
, the OCI
theoretical journal, and was in charge of the international work of the Organising Committee for the Reconstruction of the Fourth International and its successors. Lately he has been chairman of the CERMTRI archive of Trotskyism
in Paris.http://www.trotskyana.net/Research_facilities/ResearchCentres/researchcentres.htmlhttp://www.trotsky.com.fr/
Francis Picabia
Francis Picabia was a French painter, poet, and typographist, associated with both the Dada and Surrealist art movements.- Early life :...
and André Breton
André Breton
André Breton was a French writer and poet. He is known best as the founder of Surrealism. His writings include the first Surrealist Manifesto of 1924, in which he defined surrealism as "pure psychic automatism"....
, Francois de Massot joined the Trotskyist movement in France as a young man just after the end of the Second World War. Like other young Trotskyists he was a work-volunteer in Tito's Yugoslavia. He supported the Marcel Bleibtreu
Marcel Bleibtreu
Marcel Bleibtreu was a French trotskyist activist and theorist.Bleibtreu was born during his family's refuge in Marseille from wartime bombing, Marcel Bleibtreu because a radical thinker as a child. After studies at the lycée Condorcet, he studied medicine in Paris, and graduated in 1947...
-Pierre Lambert
Pierre Lambert
Pierre Lambert was a French Trotskyist leader, who, for many years acted as the central leader of the French Courant Communiste Internationaliste which founded the Parti des Travailleurs.He was born in Paris to a family of Russian Jewish immigrants...
wing of the Parti Communiste Internationaliste (PCI) after they split with Pierre Frank
Pierre Frank
Pierre Frank was a French Trotskyist leader. He served on the secretariat of the Fourth International from 1948 to 1979....
and Michel Pablo
Michel Pablo
Michel Pablo was the pseudonym of Michalis N. Raptis , a Trotskyist leader of Greek origin.- Early activism :...
in 1953 and remained a close associate of Pierre Lambert
Pierre Lambert
Pierre Lambert was a French Trotskyist leader, who, for many years acted as the central leader of the French Courant Communiste Internationaliste which founded the Parti des Travailleurs.He was born in Paris to a family of Russian Jewish immigrants...
up to the latter's death. de Massot gave an oration at Lambert's funeral. Of French-Scottish extraction and fluent in English, he worked as a translator, including in the film industry, but has for most of his life been a political activist with the PCI-OCI and its successors. He was, from an early time, responsible for the link between the Lambert group in France and the Healy Group in Britain, (later to become the Socialist Labour League) as well as with the American SWP (Socialist Workers Party
Socialist Workers Party (United States)
The Socialist Workers Party is a far-left political organization in the United States. The group places a priority on "solidarity work" to aid strikes and is strongly supportive of Cuba...
), the main components of the International Committee of the Fourth International
International Committee of the Fourth International
The International Committee of the Fourth International is the name of two Trotskyist internationals; one with sections named Socialist Equality Party which publishes the World Socialist Web Site and another linked to the Workers Revolutionary Party in Britain.-Foundation:The International...
from 1953 to 1963. In this capacity he regularly attended conferences of the Socialist Labour League and meetings of the ICFI. He is the author of a book on the May-June Events in France; was a journalist on Informations Ouvrieres, the OCI-PCI newspaper; has been an editor of La Verite
La Vérité
La Vérité was the last album by Niagara. Niagara was one of the few French bands who had success and critical acclaim outside of France despite not singing in English, because of this they embarked on an international tour in 1991 which included many sold out concerts...
, the OCI
OCI
OCI may refer to:* Ontario Cancer Institute* Open Catalog Interface* Open Constitution Initiative* Ottawa Collegiate Institute* Oakwood Collegiate Institute* Oracle Call Interface* Orascom Construction Industries...
theoretical journal, and was in charge of the international work of the Organising Committee for the Reconstruction of the Fourth International and its successors. Lately he has been chairman of the CERMTRI archive of Trotskyism
Trotskyism
Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. Trotsky considered himself an orthodox Marxist and Bolshevik-Leninist, arguing for the establishment of a vanguard party of the working-class...
in Paris.http://www.trotskyana.net/Research_facilities/ResearchCentres/researchcentres.htmlhttp://www.trotsky.com.fr/
- Quelques Enseignements de Notre Histoire, Francois de Massot, SELIO, Paris
- La Grève générale (mai-juin 1968), suppl. au n° 437 d’Informations ouvrières, Paris