Abstract
Local Communism, the Resistance and the PCP: The Sources of Power in a Breton Commune The account of the Resistance at Sorignac during World War II ressembles in many ways a founding myth. Communist power in this commune in Brittany (France) goes back to 1945 and the legitimacy bestowed by participation in the Resistance. Small farmers, from the least privileged social classes, monopolize political power because they alone fought against the Germans. However this power is shared between local Communism, based upon the area's history, and the French Communist Party, inspired by an exogenous ideology. Local Communism seeks both to maintain control over its political future and to keep the freedom to make alliances whereas the FCP, by gradually channeling local Communism into a structure with a national reach, has tented to cut it off from its origins and to deprive it of its essence. As a result, the FCP's position in this Communist commune is eroding.
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