Voices of the Paris commune by Abidor, Mitchell, editor instant download

Voices of the Paris commune by Abidor, Mitchell, editor instant download

1 online resource, The Paris Commune of 1871, the first instance of a working-class seizure of power, has been subject to countless interpretations: reviled by its enemies as a murderous bacchanalia of the unwashed while praised by supporters as an exemplar of proletarian anarchism in action, both a successful model to be imitated and as a devastating failure to be avoided. All of the interpretations are tendentious. Historians view the working class's three-month rule through their own prism, distant in time and space. Voices of the Paris Commune takes a different tack. In this book only those who were present in the spring of 1871, who lived through and participated in the Commune, are heard. The Paris Commune had a vibrant press, and it is represented here by its most important newspaper, Le Cri du Peuple, edited by Jules Vallès, member of the First International. Like any legitimate government, the Paris Commune held parliamentary sessions and issued daily printed reports of the heated, contentious deliberations that belie any accusation of dictatorship. Included in this collection is the transcript of the debate in the Commune and a selection from the inquiry carried out 20 years after the event by the intellectual review La Revue Blanche, Translated from the French, Print version record, Vendor-supplied metadata, Front Cover; Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Timeline of the Civil War in France; Jules Vallès; Paris, Free City; The Election; Our People; The Dead; The People of Belleville; Debate in the Commune on the Hostages and the Committee of Public Safety; Inquiry on the Commune; Henri Rochefort; Paschal Grousset; Édouard Vaillant; M. Pindy; M. Dereure; Jean Allemane; Jean Grave; Louise Michel; Jean-Baptiste Clément; Gaston Da Costa; Maxime Vuillaume; Elisée Reclus; A Rebel from Lyon; P-O Lissagaray; Alphonse Humbert; G. Lefrançais; M. Brunel; Léo Meillet; Nadar, M. Victor JaclardGeorges Pilotell; M. Louis Lucipia; M.…