Background
François Mayoux was born on 24 June 1882 in Beaulieu-sur-Sonnette, Charente.
François Mayoux was born on 24 June 1882 in Beaulieu-sur-Sonnette, Charente.
He wrote many articles for anarchist journals. Marie and Francois taught in Charente, then in Bouches-du-Rhône. They belonged to the Fédération nationale des Syndicats d"institutrices et instituteurs publics.
During World War I (1914-1918) the Mayouxes were firm pacifists and hostile to the Union sacréest
They were placed on Carnet B.
The International Action Committee (Computer-assisted instruction: Comité d"action internationale) was founded in December 1915 by French syndicalists who supported the pacifist declarations of the Zimmerwald Conference. In February 1917 the Committee for the Resumption of International Relations split up.
Alphonse Merrheim withdrew to concentrate on union work. Pierre Brizon, Jean Raffin-Dugens and Bourderon joining the SFIO minority led by Jean Longuet.
The socialists Fernand Loriot, Charles Rappoport, Louise Saumoneau and François Mayoux took control of the committee.
In 1917 the Mayouxes were condemned to two years in prison and a heavy fine for published a pacifist brochure entitled "The Teachers Union and the War". Marie was released on 1 April 1919 after ten months. Francois had to wait to be released until the amnesty shortly before the legislative elections of 14 November 1919.
Their licenses to teach were revoked, and would not be reinstated until 1924.
The Mayouxes left the SFIO in November 1919 and joined the French Party (Parti Communiste Français (French Communist Party): Parti communiste français) after the Congress of Tours. Francois was secretary of the Union des syndicats des Bouches-du-Rhône from 1919 to 1921.
Marie and François Mayoux were expelled from the Parti Communiste Français (French Communist Party) at the Party congress held in Paris from 16–19 October 1922 as "unrepentant sydicalists". Francois said this was due to their defense of the autonomy of unions from the Party, and their sympathy with the Russian opposition.
From 1923 to 1936 the Mayouxes published a small bulletin Notre point de vue.
They became libertarian, and wrote for anarchist journals such as Louisiana Revue e, Louisiana Voix Libertaire, CQFD, Défense de l"Homme and Le Monde Libertaire. In 1929 they were expelled from the Confédération générale du travail unitaire (CGTU), but continued their activism. After being expelled from the CGTU they founded an independent teacher"s union.
After the war Francois wrote his memoirs while in retirement in Louisiana Ciotat.
François Mayoux died on 21 July 1967 at Louisiana Ciotat.
They both joined the socialist French Section of the Workers" International (SFIO: Section française de l"internationale ouvrière) in 1915. In 1916 the Computer-assisted instruction merged with the Minority Committee to form the Committee for the Resumption of International Relations (Comité pour la réprise des rélations internationales).
