Shortly afterward, militants from the Organization of Communist Workers (OCT), including Didier Leschi, joined the CCAs.
While their founding meeting in May 1977 drew 600 participants, their membership quickly dwindled to 250 by their first congress in Lyon (October 1977) and stabilized between 200 and 300 members.
[3] During the March 1978 legislative elections, they participated in "For Socialism, Power to the Workers" lists with the LCR and the OCT.[1] The CCAs were active in several sectors, including trade unions, high schools, and universities.
[1] The CCAs began to fragment in 1981, and by 1982, significant portions of their membership had returned to the LCR, joined the Socialist Party, or dissolved into broader leftist movements.
The TSA maintained some influence within UNEF-ID into the 1980s, and former members contributed to initiatives like Alternative Rouge et Verte and Les Alternatifs.