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(en) France, Monde Libertaire - History Pages No. 124: The Political Mafia... (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]
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Sun, 7 Jun 2026 07:47:31 +0300
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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