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David Seymour Parisian suburb. June 1936. National strike for the 40 hour week, paid holidays, and collective agreements. During a sit in at their factory, workers entertain each other. Banlieue parisien (...)
David Seymour Demonstration in memory of those who were killed during the 1871 Paris Commune. The group "Mars" have climbed a small chapel of the Pere Lachaise cemetery. From left: Charles Dinerstein (died in co (...)
David Seymour French politician Jacques Duclos during a meeting for the 40 hour week, paid holidays, and collective agreements. Salle Bullier, Paris, France. 1935. © David Seymour | Magnum Photos
David Seymour Tribute to Romain Rolland for his 70th Birthday. Speaking: Marcel Cachin, leader of the French Communist Party. Palais de la Mutualité. Paris, France. January 31, 1936. © David Seymour | Magnum Photos
David Seymour Striking workers in the courtyard of the Jacquenet and Mesnet factory. France. June, 1936. © David Seymour | Magnum Photos
David Seymour Municipal elections. Electoral rally organised by the Fascist women members of the National Socialist Party. Paris, France. May 5 & 12, 1935. © David Seymour | Magnum Photos
David Seymour National strike for the 40-hour week, paid holidays, and collective agreements. Workers organise a sit-in at their steel factory. Town of Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis department, Ile-de-France reg (...)
David Seymour Parisian suburbs. National strike for the 40 hour week, paid holidays and collective agreements. Workers during a sit-in at their factory. France. June, 1936. © David Seymour | Magnum Photos
David Seymour PARIS. Place de la Republique. February 16th, 1936.

500.000 demonstrators protest against the attack of which Leon BLUM was victim on the 13th, while leaving the Chamber of Deputies. © David Seymour | Magnum Photos
David Seymour Paris. Place de la Republique. February 1936.

Popular gathering in tribute to the 9 people who died during the anti-fascist demonstration held on February 9th, 1934. © David Seymour | Magnum Photos
David Seymour Popular Front. French Prime Minister Leon Blum lighting the cigarette of the French ethnologist and director of the "Musee de l'Homme" Paul Rivet, during the commemoration of the Paris Commune. Per (...)
David Seymour FRANCE. Montrouge near Paris. At the Buffalo velodrome stadium, French politician Rene CASSIN (on the left) and Lord Robert CECIL of the British Conservative Party . © David Seymour | Magnum Photos
David Seymour After the inauguration of the Romain Rolland Stadium, a reception party with Romain Rolland (left), Marcel Cachin (center) and Paul Vaillant Coutorier (right). Clamecy, Nièvre department, Bourgogne (...)
David Seymour National strike for the 40-hour week, paid holidays, and collective agreements. Workers receive visits from their families during the factory sit-in. Paris, France. June, 1936. © David Seymour | Magnum Photos
David Seymour FRANCE. Town of Saint-Cloud. Pacifist meeting for the disarmament of nations. August 9th 1936. © David Seymour | Magnum Photos
David Seymour Pacifist meeting for the disarmament of nations. Saint-Cloud, Outskirts of Paris, France. August 9, 1936. © David Seymour | Magnum Photos