On the night of February 26-27, 1971, poster hangers from the teams assembled for the campaigns of Charles Ceccaldi-Reynaud and Georges Dardel found themselves in the streets of Puteaux. Ceccaldi-Reynaud's henchmen opened fire on Dardel's, killing one man, Salah Kaced, a 31-year-old factory worker, and wounding seven others after a chase and two shootouts. This campaign incident became the subject of a book devoted to violence in 1970s France. The author examines the fratricidal rivalry between two socialist activists vying for control of the former working-class town of Puteaux. Dardel had been mayor since 1948. This former revolutionary socialist, a member of the Pivertist movement, had become a high-ranking official in a declining SFIO (French Section of the Workers' International). In 1969, he was involved in a car accident and forced to relinquish his position to his deputy, Charles Ceccaldi. Two years later, he sought to reclaim the mayoralty and broke with his party. It was during this campaign that Ceccaldi's men-a curious mix of Corsican mobsters and municipal employees-fired on Dardel's supporters, tragically concluding several months of political infighting. The tragedy did not prevent Ceccaldi from becoming mayor with a comfortable 6% majority. Dardel refused to accept this and intensified his efforts to destabilize his rival. Two committees were formed: one led by the institutional left and the other by the Leninist movement (Proletarian Left, Red Aid, Communist League), which aimed to establish a form of vigilante justice. The ultimate goal was to portray Ceccaldi as the embodiment of the mafia system emerging in the Hauts-de-Seine department. The new mayor, lock, stock, and barrel, joining Charles Pasqua's network...
Puteaux: Manhattan or Chicago?
The story of the Puteaux election shootout of February 1971.
Olivier Crouillebois
L'Harmattan 2026 290 p. EUR29
https://monde-libertaire.net/?articlen=8960
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