In France in January 1936, the PCF, a StalinistMarxist-Leninist communist organization spurred the creation of a coalition of radicals called the "popular front". This organization was designed to defend democracy and disassemble fascist bonds. In May 1936, the popular front won a majority election and assembled a cabinet of eighteen socialist, thirteen radicals and four independent socialist to govern. Communists supported the leaderrLeonleader Leon Blum but refused to join the cabinet. This change in power was spurred by a massive general strike in the years preceding where thousands of factories had been occupied by French workers to ensure said democratic governance. Blum effectively ended the strike when this government came to power.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.workersliberty.org/node/6469|title=1936: “The French revolution has begun”|last=B|first=Simon|website=Workers' Liberty|access-date=2016-04-22}}</ref>
