La Cause du peuple
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La Cause du peuple was a French newspaper. The newspaper was founded on May 1, 1968 by Roland Castro and was the press organ of the party Gauche prolétarienne (GP).
| Proletarians of all countries, Oppressed Peoples and Nations, Unite! | |
| Owner | Gauche prolétarienne |
|---|---|
| Founder | Roland Castro |
| Founded | 1968 |
Political alignment | Mao-Spontex |
| Headquarters | Paris |
Sister newspapers | Solange Creton Libération |
When the GP was banned by the Gaullist state in 1970, promoting La Cause du peuple and selling it on the street became a badge of honor for left-leaning intellectuals such as Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Claude Lanzmann, Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut.[1]