Henri guillemin the paris commune second french revolution, 1871 episode 5. The twentieth century press, of london, england, reprinted them a few years ago in a. Henri guillemin the paris commune second french revolution, 1871 episode 1. The events surrounding the formation and establishment of this authority were at the center of international news. The paris commune of 1871 a brief historical background. Episode avec sous titres en francais et sources citees par le narrateur. History of the commune of 1871 by lissagaray free ebook. The paris commune was a popularled democratic government that ruled paris from march 18 to may 28, 1871. The paris commune, by max shachtman in memory of the commune, by v i.
The paris commune was the biggest and last popular revolution in western europe ending the cycle of revolutions that. The parisians, reeling from defeat in the francoprussian war set up their own revolutionary administration. Episode with french subtitles and original documents cited by. The paris commune a brief history of the worlds first socialist working class uprising. The power of bonapartism, which had skilfully utilized the struggles of the classes to perpetuate its own rule was being confronted by the. Publication date 1908 topics paris france history commune, 1871 publisher. The paris commune y max shachtman the fall of second empire. The paris commune was the biggest and last popular revolution in western europe ending the cycle of revolutions that started in 1789.
The paris commune of 1871 lasted only seventytwo days. It occurred in the wake of frances defeat in the francogerman war and the collapse of napoleon iiis second empire 185270. The history of the origin of the commune is the history of the fall of the empire of louis napoleon after the francoprussian war. Historians have recently become interested in the integrity of the representations of. A historical reenactment in the style of a documentary, the film received much acclaim from critics for its political themes and watkins direction. The francoprussian war had led to the capture of emperor napoleon iii in september 1870, the collapse of the second french empire, and the beginning of the third republic. Inspired by the marxist politics and revolutionary goals of the international workingmens organization also known as the first international, workers of paris united to overthrow the existing french regime which had failed to protect the city from prussian siege, and formed the first. By william morris the left and the commune engels download pdf.