16 Facts About Pierre Brizon

Pierre Brizon was a French teacher, national deputy, internationalist and pacifist.

Pierre Brizon was born on 16 May 1878 in Franchesse, Allier, to a poor farming family.

Pierre Brizon was a gifted student, and qualified as a teacher, moving from one teaching position to another at the start of his career.

Pierre Brizon became a teacher of the national professional schools, and was appointed to a position in Armentieres, Nord department.

Pierre Brizon supported the struggles of workers, and wrote various articles for socialist publications.

Pierre Brizon became a teacher at the Rennes industrial school.

Pierre Brizon was not elected, perhaps because he had no ties to the region.

Pierre Brizon demanded pensions for workers, nationalization of insurance, mines, railways and progressive inheritance and income taxes.

Pierre Brizon was noted for his defense of the rights of tenant farmers.

Pierre Brizon said the important thing was to press the International Socialist Bureau to work towards peace.

Pierre Brizon said they and he remained faithful to the old decisions of the socialist international, that if war broke out it was the duty of the working classes to try to end it quickly.

Pierre Brizon asked for an inquiry into the position the government had taken regarding sending delegates to the Third Zimmerwald Conference, held in 1917 in Stockholm.

Pierre Brizon launched the pacifist La Vague in January 1918.

Pierre Brizon had to give up this journal, but later published the Bloc des rouges.

Pierre Brizon joined the French Communist Party when it was created in December 1920 at the Tours Congress, but was expelled in October 1922.

Pierre Brizon became a member of the Central Committee and the Political Committee.