The history of the paris commune of 1871 by march, thomas. The history of the paris commune of 1871 internet archive. It occurred in the wake of frances defeat in the francogerman war and the collapse of napoleon iiis second empire 185270. In a tremendous revolutionary movement, the working people of paris replaced the capitalist state with their own organs of government and held political power until their downfall in the last week of may. The national assembly, which was elected in february 1871 to. Commune of paris, 1871, insurrection of paris against the french government from march 18 to may 28, 1871. If youve read about it already in a history survey but want to know more, without committing to a 500 page tomb, this is a good middle ground freely available. 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. The two manifestoes on the franceprussian war and the essay on the civil war in france, which form the bulk of this volume, were originally issued in 1870 and. Women in the paris commune of 1871 by karine varley on prezi. History of the paris commune of 1871 prosperolivier lissagaray the paris commune was a pivotal event in the history of socialist thought. Remote work advice from the largest allremote company. The central committee forces the mayors to capitulate. The paris commune of 1871 was one of the greatest and most inspiring episodes in the history of the working class.
On march 18 1871, after france was defeated by prussia in the francoprussian war, the french government sent troops into paris to try and take back the parisian national guards cannon before the people got hold of it. Environmental education resources to commemorate earth days 50th anniversary. Paris and the commune 187178 the politics of forgetting colette e. It had such a profound effect on karl marx that he amended a portion of his communist manifesto in response to it. The paris commune was a democratic socialist government that ruled paris for two months in the spring of 1871 following an uprising of workers.