Communist france and spain 1910-1920

Magical123

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What are the chances of a communist france and or spain from 1910 to 1920. For example there was mass industrial unrest in france before and during world war 1 and Spain had a semi-revolution in 1919. What are the possibilities of communist revolutions occurring in 1910-1920? If great would they be successful if not why not?

Please guys this is my first post so go easy on me.
 
and Spain had a semi-revolution in 1919.
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You've chosen a very iffy period for this; I don't think it can be done. Communism was never a major grassroots force in Spain, least of all in the 1910s - the strength of the PCE was vastly inflated with Soviet aid during the Civil War, and they're outside your timeframe, anyway (founded 1921). France might look more promising at a glance, but closer scrutiny will reveal the situation to be equally dismal there. Whilst the Spanish government laboured actively to stamp out anything of a vaguely left-wing flavour, the French political classes were able to simply co-opt the communists. This was greatly exacerbated by divisions at the heart of the PCF.

If you want to go down Trope Avenue, there's always the "Red France-after-devastating-WWI-defeat" cliché, but I don't feel it beggars repetition here. It's been practically done to death.
 
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