The 'Popular Front' Reappears Once Again: In France

In response to a Far-Rightist "National Rally" win in the first round of the recent French "snap --elections," that Pres. Macron had called in the aftermath of a Rightist win in the European Union Council elections, a grouping of Center-Left-to-Left parties in France formed a "Popular Front." It won in the French second round elections. This column revisits the original French "Front Populaire" of the 1930s, with lessons for us