Cordeliers

The Society of the Friends of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (French: Société des Amis des droits de l'homme et du citoyen), mainly known as Cordeliers Club (French: Club des Cordeliers), was a populist political club during the French Revolution from 1790 to 1794, when the Reign of Terror ended and the Thermidorian Reaction began.

Cordeliers Club Club des Cordeliers
"Open-eye" logo used in some Cordelier publications
Presidents	Georges Danton (1790–1791) Pierre-François-Joseph Robert (1791–1792) Jacques Hébert (1792–1794)
Founders	Georges Danton Camille Desmoulins
Founded	27 April 1790 (1790-04-27)
Dissolved	20 February 1795 (1795-02-20)
Headquarters	Cordeliers Convent, Paris
Newspaper	Le Vieux Cordelier (Dantonists) Le Père Duchesne (Hébertists)
Ideology	Jacobinism Populism Direct democracy Radicalism
Political position	Left-wing to far-left
National affiliation	The Mountain (1792–1794)
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Slogan	Liberté, égalité, fraternité ("Liberty, equality, fraternity")
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The club campaigned for universal male suffrage and direct democracy, including the referendum. It energetically served as a watchdog looking for signs of abuse of power by the men in power. By 1793, it was challenging the centralization of power by Robespierre and his Committee of Public Safety. They responded by arresting the leadership, charging them with conspiring to overthrow the Convention. The leaders were guillotined, and the club disappeared.

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