Word: reformist
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...something lacking under the old regime, and have turned eagerly towards this new movement for freedom. Nor has the 'Youth Movement' any political significance. It has within it groups from all parties who have broken away from the old order. There is the Socialist group, the Catholic group, the Reformist group and so on. Under these circumstances it is quite evident that any attempt at unification--assuming that any were to be made--would necessarily result in failure. The common tie is one far deeper than organization; so deep in fact that these different groups hardly realize that it exists...
Characterization of the French railway strike as revolutionary is more than a political catchword. The strike was in fact begun by a group of avowed revolutionary syndicalists, and was opposed at first by the reformist leaders of the French trade unions. The demand for "nationalization," which has come steadily to the front through the earlier negotiations and the strike itself is, as French labor understands the word nationalization, a demand for democratization of the management of the roads. The demand is most loudly voiced on the lines already owned by the state. Before the war the Federation of Railway Workers...