Julian Mischi's new study of the French Communist Party examines the work of the PCF in four Departments (Allier, Isère, Loire-Atlantique, Meurthe-et-Moselle). With materials drawn from internal documents and interviews, the book analyses the organisation of the PCF's militants in the local districts, villages and factories, and their activities within the trade union and municipal networks. Challenging the typical monolithic image of the PCF, the mobilisation of communist militants within popular movement is revealed here as plural.
