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Pierre Biétry
Pierre Biétry (9 May 1872 – 3 December 1918) was a French syndicalist and politician who initially followed orthodox socialism before moving to the right. He was the pioneer of "Yellow socialism", a movement that has been portrayed as a forerunner of fascism.
He was also the maternal grandfather of journalist and White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger.
Early life and socialist activity.
Born in Fêche-l'Église, he moved to Algeria as a 13-year-old and stayed four years in the colony
unions, in opposition to red unions such as the Confédération Générale du Travail, rejected class struggle and favored the collaboration of capital
and labor, and were opposed to strikes. According to Zeev Sternhell, the yellow union of Biétry had a membership of about a third of that of the Confédération Générale du Travail, and was funded by corporate interests. Moreover, also according to Sternell, there were close relationships between Pierre Biétry and Maurice Barrès and the "Action Française". This makes the yellow union of Biétry seem a