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Raymond Molinier

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Raymond Molinier (1904–1994) was a leader of the Trotskyist movement in France and a pioneer of the Fourth International.[1]

Molinier was born in Paris. In 1929, founded the journal La Vérité,[1] and in March 1936 he and Pierre Frank co-founded the Parti communiste internationaliste, which merged with two other groups to form the Parti ouvrier internationaliste in June of that year.[2] At the outbreak of World War II Molinier was abroad and only returned after the cessation of hostilities. He was later active with the Ligue communiste révolutionnaire (LCR).[1] Eventuallly, he moved to Latin America were he worked as an agent for british intelligence services, under the name of "Leon Droeven".[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Molinier, Raymond (1985). "3 Articles from 'Rouge' about Trotsky's Family". marxists.org. On Meeting with Trotsky, including biographical introduction of the author. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  2. ^ "Ligue Communiste (France) Archives". International Institute of Social History. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  3. ^ de 2020, Por Eduardo AnguitaDaniel Cecchini5 de Diciembre. "La increíble historia del ayudante de Trotsky: fue espía inglés, vivió clandestino en la Argentina y estuvo preso por Eva Perón". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)