Central Revolutionary Committee

The Central Revolutionary Committee (French: Comité révolutionnaire central, CRC) was a French Blanquist political party founded in 1881 and dissolved in 1898.

The CRC was founded by Édouard Vaillant to continue the political struggle of Auguste Blanqui (1805–1881). The CRC was a blanquist party: revolutionary activism, atheism, patriotism and Jacobinism of the French Revolution.

The CRC was weakened by a split in 1888, when numerous members (Henri Rochefort) followed General Georges Boulanger who synthesized jacobin nationalism with socialism. Many saw Boulangism as a possible way to socialism.

Following the Boulangist dissidence, Vaillant re-centered the CRC around the idea of syndicalism and strike. The CRC was further reinforced by the affiliation of the Revolutionary Communist Alliance (ACR), formed by dissidents of the Revolutionary Socialist Workers' Party (POSR) in 1896.

The CRC was dissolved into the Socialist Revolutionary Party in 1898.

Notable members

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