Protestors united under the leadership of the Communist mayor of the region and marched on the streets during the rain.
Gilles Poux, the town's Communist mayor, followed with a speech criticizing the government for the riots.
He was the first Communist mayor of Rome, between 1976 and 1979.
It is a statue of Chen Yi, the first Communist mayor of Shanghai.
In the 1950s, the Communist mayor planned to demolish Brâncuşi's "bourgeois" art.
From 1945 to 1992, Modena had an uninterrupted consecutive series of Communist mayors.
From 1924 to 1925, he served as Mayor of Poplar, the country's second Communist mayor after Joe Vaughan.
For a time, Annie Powell was the only Communist mayor in Britain.
Annie Powell of Rhondda becomes Britain's first Communist mayor.
Marrane became the first Communist mayor of the northern city of Ivry in 1925.