gptkb:Popular_Front_(1936)
support for women's suffrage
decline after World War II
support for separation of church and state
split in 1972
support for public education
Bloc des gauches (1902)
Cahors Congress (1901)
Cartel des Gauches (1924, 1932)
influence on French republicanism
opposition to monarchism
split between left-wing and right-wing Radicals
support for Dreyfusard cause
support for progressive taxation
support for secularism and laïcité
support for social reforms
internal divisions over alliances with Socialists and Gaullists
support for colonial expansion (early 20th century)