Pierre Broué was a French

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 historian and Trotskyist

Trotskyism

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. His work covers various topics including the history of the Bolshevik Party, the Spanish Revolution

Spanish Revolution

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 and biographical works on Leon Trotsky

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. The recent republication of Trotsky's Autobiography, My Life, has a foreword written by Broué.

As a young member of the French Communist Party

French Communist Party

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 Broué fought in the French resistance

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 against the Nazi occupiers during the Second World War

World War II

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. When Joseph Stalin

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 disbanded the Comintern

Comintern

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 in 1943, Broué became strongly critical of Stalinism

Stalinism

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, resigning from the FCP as a result. He joined the Fourth International

Fourth International

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 and remained a Trotskyist for the rest of his life, active in the Internationalist Communist Party

Internationalist Communist Party

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 and then the Internationalist Communist Organisation

Internationalist Communist Organisation

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 before leaving in 1989. Before 2003 and his death he was a close collaborator of the International Marxist Tendency

International Marxist Tendency

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.

Broué died in his sleep on the night of the 26–27 July 2005. He was 79 years old. His son Michel Broué

Michel Broué

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 is a notable mathematician.

External links

• Archive of Pierre Broué's writings at the Marxists Internet Archive
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• The Lubitz TrotskyanaNet provides a separate page on Pierre Broué with detailed information including a biographical sketch and a bibliography
• Obituary by Michael Eaude, The Guardian
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• Obituary by Ian Birchall
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  , International Socialism, 108.