Henri Chazé

Henri Chazé
Henri Chazé
Born	February 25, 1904; Chazé-Henry, France
Died	December 3, 1984 (aged 62)
Other names	Gaston Davoust
Known for	Leading Left Communist

Henri Chazé (23 February 1904, Chazé-Henry – 1984) was a French communist

He was born Gaston Davoust in Chazé-Henry, whose name he reversed to form his pseudonym. His father, Eugène Davoust, was an anarchist railway worker active in his union. He was an advocate of the general strike as advocated by Émile Pouget. When Henri was six his father participated in a major strike by railway workers for weekly rest periods and a better pension. The strike was broken by troops taking over the depots and Eugène was sacked. The family was thrown on hard times and survived by his mother making corsets.[1]

His father was also an ardent freemason, as was his grandfather and his brother, all affiliated to the Grand Orient of France. However Henri found the initiation rituals degrading and the environment an example of the sort of organisation where men drawn from all sorts of classes would mix, creating opportunities for both the socially ambitious and spies of the Deuxième Bureau.

Union Communiste

L'Internationale, edited by Henri Chazé

He was a founder member of Union Communiste in 1933 and became the editor of their journal L'Internationale.[2]

Works

Pannekoek et les Conseils ouvriers (1962)
La Révolution et la Guerre d’Espagne (1970)
H. Chazé, Chronique de la Révolution espagnole, Union communiste (1933-1939), éditions Spartacus, Paris, 1979.
Militantisme et responsabilité, Echanges et mouvement, Paris 2004. Présentation d'Henri Simon, texte et en annexe « Le crime des bagnes nazis : le peuple allemand est-il coresponsable ?. Extrait en ligne
Gaston Davoust (H. Chazé): Le crime des bagnes nazis : le peuple allemand est-il coresponsable ? (Chazé, 1945), Franche-Comté Libération, 1945.

References

Camion, Robert (1992). G. Davoust (H. Chazé — 1904-1984) et la Gauche Communiste Internationale (PDF). Paris: Ateliers Caramanos.
Christianson, Alan. "The Revolutionary Communist Party and the Shop Stewards". www.revolutionaryhistory.co.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2017.

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[Camion-1] Camion, Robert (1992). G. Davoust (H. Chazé — 1904-1984) et la Gauche Communiste Internationale (PDF). Paris: Ateliers Caramanos.

[Christianson-2] Christianson, Alan. "The Revolutionary Communist Party and the Shop Stewards". www.revolutionaryhistory.co.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2017.