10 Facts About Fernand Loriot

Fernand Loriot took a pacifist stance during World War I Fernand Loriot was one of the founders of the French Communist Party.

Fernand Loriot became a member of the Socialist Party in 1901, and was an activist in the teachers' union.

Fernand Loriot defied the courts and refused to dissolve the union when the government took action after the Congress of Chambery.

Fernand Loriot devoted much effort to fighting the nationalist unions that supported the war, along with Alphonse Merrheim, Albert Bourderon and Raymond Pericat.

Fernand Loriot was one of the founders of the pacifist Committee for the Resumption of international relations, and he and Bourderon were the spokesmen for the committee.

Fernand Loriot leaned towards the socialist rather than the syndicalist, side in the committee, but towards the end of his life, he moved towards syndicalism.

Merrheim withdrew to concentrate on union work, and Fernand Loriot became secretary of the committee.

Fernand Loriot was imprisoned in May 1920 for plotting against the security of the state and was held in prison for ten months.

In 1921, Fernand Loriot participated in the Third Congress of the Communist International in Moscow.

Fernand Loriot later left the party and in 1926, he joined the revolutionary syndicalist cause.