Danielle Bleitrach

Danielle Bleitrach
Danielle Bleitrach
Born	1938 (age 85–86)
Nationality	French
Occupation(s)	Sociologist, Journalist, Essayist, Novelist
Title	Maître de conférences
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Provence
Academic work
Discipline	Sociologist
Institutions	Aix-Marseille University
Main interests	Cuba, Ukraine, Nazism

Danielle Bleitrach (born 1938) is a French sociologist and journalist. From the 1970s through the end of the century, she was CNRS researcher and lecturer at the Aix-Marseille University, focusing on the sociology of the working class and urbanization. From 1981 to 1996 she was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of France, then the National Committee of the Party. She was also assistant editor-in-chief of the party weekly Révolution. She has contributed to La Pensée, Les Temps Modernes and Le Monde Diplomatique.^[1] In the 2000s and 2010s, after retiring from teaching, she co-authored texts on Cuba, Nazism and Ukraine.

^ Cercle Gramsci, Amérique latine : luttes et résistances aujourd'hui, debate organized by Cercle Gramsci and the France Amérique latine Society on February 24, 2005 at Limoges: "Danielle Bleitrach est une universitaire, sociologue, qui connaît de près l'Amérique latine. Elle a écrit une dizaine de livres, de nombreux articles dans La Pensée, Les Temps Modernes, Le Monde Diplomatique. [...] Par ailleurs, Danielle Bleitrach a été membre du Comité national du PCF, ainsi que rédactrice en chef adjointe de l'hebdomadaire Révolution." (Danielle Bleitrach is an academic, sociologist, who is highly knowledgeable about Latin America. She wrote about ten books, many articles in La Pensée, Les Temps Modernes, Le Monde Diplomatique. [...] Besides, Danielle Bleitrach was a member of the National Committee of the CNRS as well as assistant editor-in-chiel of the weekly Révolution).

[1] Cercle Gramsci, Amérique latine : luttes et résistances aujourd'hui, debate organized by Cercle Gramsci and the France Amérique latine Society on February 24, 2005 at Limoges: "Danielle Bleitrach est une universitaire, sociologue, qui connaît de près l'Amérique latine. Elle a écrit une dizaine de livres, de nombreux articles dans La Pensée, Les Temps Modernes, Le Monde Diplomatique. [...] Par ailleurs, Danielle Bleitrach a été membre du Comité national du PCF, ainsi que rédactrice en chef adjointe de l'hebdomadaire Révolution." (Danielle Bleitrach is an academic, sociologist, who is highly knowledgeable about Latin America. She wrote about ten books, many articles in La Pensée, Les Temps Modernes, Le Monde Diplomatique. [...] Besides, Danielle Bleitrach was a member of the National Committee of the CNRS as well as assistant editor-in-chiel of the weekly Révolution).

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