Cordeliers

The Society of the Friends of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ( ), mainly known as Cordeliers Club ( ), was a populist political club during the French Revolution from 1790 to 1794, when the Reign of Terror ended and the Thermidorian Reaction began.

Key facts

Political party.name: Cordeliers Club
Political party.native_name: Club des Cordeliers
Political party.logo: Open-eye emblem of the Cordeliers.svg
Political party.caption: "Open-eye" logo used in some Cordelier publications
Political party.leader1_title: Presidents
Political party.leader2_title: Founders
Political party.leader2_name: Georges DantonCamille Desmoulins
Political party.headquarters: Cordeliers Convent, Paris
Political party.newspaper: Le Vieux Cordelier (Dantonists)Le Père Duchesne (Hébertists)
Political party.ideology: JacobinismPopulismDirect democracyRadicalism
Political party.position: Left-wing to far-left

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History
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Factions and members
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Further reading
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The club campaigned for universal male suffrage and direct democracy, including the referendum. It energetically served as a watchdog looking for signs of abuse of power by the men in power. By 1793, it was challenging the centralization of power by Robespierre and his Committee of Public Safety. They responded by arresting the leadership, charging them with conspiring to overthrow the Convention. The leaders were guillotined, and the club disappeared.