Paris Commune

Steven. — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 14:24:13 +0000

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Recommended
:> History of the Paris Commune - Lissagaray
:> History of the Paris Commune - Jellineck
:> The Civil War in France – Marx
:> Theses on the Paris Commune – S.I.

Additional
:> The Paris Commune – Kropotkin
:> The Paris Commune and the Idea of the State – Bakunin
:> Unruly Women of Paris – G. Gullickson

Montels, Jules, 1843-1916

Steven. — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:47:20 +0000

Jules Montels was born in France at Gignac in the Herault department, on 25th March 1843. As a young boy he experienced the uprising in 1851 against the coup of Louis Napoleon, which was followed by savage repression. These left bitter memories for him.

Bastelica, André, 1845-1884

Steven. — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:05:49 +0000

Born at Bastia in Corsica on 28th November 1845, Bastelica was from an early age, extremely curious. He was an autodidact par excellence, like so many other workers found in the revolutionary movement. An anarchist even before the term had been properly applied, he started his working life as a shop assistant and then as a typesetter.

Pindy, Jean Louis, 1840-1917

Steven. — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 10:33:41 +0000

“Authority, in whatever hands it is placed, is always pernicious to the advancement of humanity” Pindy, writing in La Revue Blanche.

Jean Louis Pindy was born on June 3rd at Brest in western France. A carpenter-joiner, he became a member of the Brest section of the First International in 1867.

Brocher-Rouchy, Victorine, 1838-1921

Ed — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 16:40:25 +0000

Victorine Brocher-Rouchy
Born Paris, France 1838. Died Lausanne, Switzerland 1921

Victorine Malenfant was born in Paris in 1838, into a family with a long revolutionary tradition. Her father was a republican shoemaker and freemason.

Michel, Louise, 1830-1905

Steven. — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:55:26 +0000

Louise Michel was born on 29th May 1830. She was raised by her mother and paternal grandparents. Her love and understanding of everything downtrodden, human and animal alike, developed from her empathy with her childhood world. Her compassion and sensitivity to suffering grew, as she grew. This, along with her instinct to rebel against social inequalities, led her along the revolutionary path.

1871: The Paris Commune

Ed — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 08:18:54 +0000

The Paris Commune is often said to be the first example of working people taking power. For this reason it is a highly significant event, even though it is ignored in the French history curriculum.

The Paris Commune, 1871 - A short account by the WSM

libcom — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 10:48:41 +0000

A short history of the Paris Commune, weak on details of the revolution and working class organisation but with good information about the makeup of the elected Communards and details of the fighting and repression at the end of the Commune

The Paris Commune of 1871 - Undercurrent

libcom — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 11:58:54 +0000

The Paris Commune of 1871
undercurrent #6

Recently, the Sussex University library dedicated part of its space for a small exhibition on the Paris Commune. At first this came with some surprise: how was it that, in the midst of the boredom of academic life and the total lack of interest in any issues of importance, the library was willing to commemorate one of the most crucial proletarian revolutions of the nineteenth century? Yet, our surprise quickly vanished when we gave this exhibition a closer look. Not only is the exhibition of a purely academic nature (looking at historical events as spectacles and thus a-historically), but it is also taking the Commune out of context, describing it by using some of the most common illusions found in the bourgeois world. This article comes as a response to the exhibition.

Karl Marx and the Paris Commune - CLR James

libcom — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 11:58:31 +0000

From 18 March 1946 issue of Labor Action, newspaper of the Workers Party of the United States

C.L.R. James
They Showed the Way to Labor Emancipation:
On Karl Marx and the 75th Anniversary of the Paris Commune

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The American working class is not yet as familiar as the European working class with the history and traditions of the revolutionary socialist movement. March 14, anniversary of the death of Karl Marx, and March 18, anniversary of the Paris Commune will be celebrated by only a small minority.

Theses on the Paris Commune - Situationist International

libcom — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 11:58:31 +0000

The Commune: Paris 1871 - Solidarity

libcom — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 11:54:51 +0000

P. Guillaume and M. Grainger

Solidarity Pamphlet 35

I. THE COMMUNE... FROM MARX TO TROTSKY.

'Each time we study the history of the Commune we see something new in it, thanks to the experiences gained, in later revolutionary struggles...' Thus wrote Trotsky in 1921, in his preface to a book by Tales[1] which was to become basic reading for a whole generation of French revolutionaries.

Reclus, Jean Jacques Elisée, 1830-1905

Steven. — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 09:52:39 +0000

Jean Jacques Elisée Reclus
Born 15 March 1830 - France , died 4 July 1905 - Belgium

French geographer, was born at Sainte-Foy la Grande (Gironde), on the 15th of March 1830. He was the second son of a Protestant pastor, who had a family of twelve children, several of whom acquired some celebrity either as men of letters, politicians or members of the learned professions.

The Civil War in France - Karl Marx

libcom — Sun, 03 Jul 2005 22:16:40 +0000

Karl Marx's contemporary account of the Paris Commune, placing it in context fo the wider events in France at the time. The Paris Commune significantly changed Marx's ideas about the "Dictatorship of the Proletariat", and his support for it's organisation structures suggests a different trajectory of revolutionary organisation to the "Marxist" revolutions in the 20th Century.

The Paris Commune and the Idea of the State - Mikhail Bakunin

libcom — Sun, 03 Jul 2005 22:10:03 +0000

The Paris Commune and the Idea of the State
by Mikhail Bakunin 1814-1876

First Published in 1871 Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY

The Commune of Paris - Peter Kropotkin

libcom — Sun, 03 Jul 2005 21:58:01 +0000

Peter Kropotkin's analysis of the Paris Commune, a defining moment in revolutionary history which inspired both Marxist and Anarchist revolutionaries for many years afterwards, and warrants continued attention today