Maurice Dommanget (18881976) was a schoolteacher, union activist, and independent socialist and scholar of French radical history. He was the author of many books and articles, including histories of the red flag, of the French Revolution in his native region, the Oise, and several volumes on Auguste Blanqui. Mitchell Abidor is a Brooklyn-born writer and translator. He has published over a dozen books, largely focusing on French radical history, including A Socialist History of the French Revolution by Jean Jaurs and Victor Serge's Notebooks, 19361947. His writings have appeared in publications in the United States, France, Brazil, and Germany.