Entente Section of the Communist International

The Entente Section of the Communist International is a revolutionary socialist, Marxist-DeLeonist party in the Franco-British Union, and is the largest revolutionary anti-capitalist party in the Union. Along with the reformist Labour Party, it makes up most of the FBU's parliamentary Left Opposition.

The party was formed shortly after the formation of the FBU, when the Commonwealth Workers' Party and the French Section of Communist International, both in wartime alliances with their government prior to the formation, formed an alliance in the newly formed parliament. Eventually, at the urging of the Comintern, they merged into a single party to more effectively operate.

The party's strongholds tend to be concentrated among the working classes, students and ethnic minorities. The party also tends to be a stronger force in France than Britain, where it has a stronger degree of affiliation among labour unions and is larger than the Labour Party. However, while legal, since the victory of the People's Alliance in 1950, the party has been the victim of the FBU's state security and has been infiltrated and persecuted at times over the decades. The party returned to Parliament in 1970, as Detente developed and backlash against the Red Scare increased. In 2007, the party formed a "Popular Front" with Labour and during the 10s, the Popular Front appeared to be in a position to win an election for the first time in over 70 years.

List of General Secretaries

 * Maurice Thorez (1942-1947)
 * James Maxton (1947-1950)
 * Jacques Duclos (1950-1952)
 * Benoît Frachon (1952-1954)
 * Frantz Fanon (1954-1960)
 * Thora Silverthorne (1960-1968)
 * Pierre Morain (1968-1972)
 * Georges Marchais (1972-1979)
 * Jean-Luc Godard (1979-1984)
 * Ousmane Sembene (1984-1991)
 * Vanessa Redgrave (1991-1994)
 * Tariq Ali (1994-1997)
 * Michael Moorcock(1997-2001)
 * Jose Bove (2001-2005)
 * Olivia Cattan (2005-2007)
 * Peter Capaldi (2007-present)