Roland Leroy

Biography

It adheres to the French Communist party in 1943. It climbs of them then the levels: Federal secretary of Seine-Maritime, member of the Central committee (1956-1994), the Political office (1964-1994) and of the Secretariat (1960-1979).

He is director of Humanity of 1974 to 1994.

he is elected appointed Seine-Maritime of 1956 to 1958, of 1967 to 1981, then of 1986 to 1988.

Close friend of Louis Aragon, it accompanies it in his work by mourning following the death by Elsa Triolet in 1970. Some claim that it had a determining role to dissuade the poet to commit suicide. Polemist of talent on France Inter in the emission " Friday evening " , where journalists discussed topicality: Pierre Charpy ( the Letter of the nation RPR), Jean d' Ormesson ( Le Figaro ), Claude Estier ( Nouvel Observateur PS), Henri Amouroux (giscardien).

Polemic

It is pointed out, in 1979, by its answer to a militant communist paedophile:

“The Communists never decided neither for nor against homosexuality. That concerns above all the personality each individual and we thus condemn, from this point of view, any form of repression Growing You reproach us for having included/understood only what one called " the sex case of Saint-Ouen" was actually what you regard as a banal sexual practice of the sexual practices of group between adults and teenagers from 11 to 17 years, and of photos". How dare you to support such a point of view, whereas they are in fact the prostitution forty teenagers and children, of which young person was just four years old! As a defender of the pedophilia and " any other form of sexualité" (one is far from homosexuality) perhaps find you your account there, but you will allow me to say that I consider your letter in L ''' Humanity '' of March 30th, 1979 unworthy of a Communist. ” Answer of Roland Leroy to Increasing Marc, Humanity , March 30th, 1979.

Work

Roland Leroy (to dir.), One century of Humanity, 1904 - 2004 , editions Seek-Midday, 2004.

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