The parisians, reeling from defeat in the francoprussian war set up their own revolutionary administration. Henri guillemin the paris commune second french revolution, 1871 episode 5. A historical reenactment in the style of a documentary, the film received much acclaim from critics for its political themes and watkins direction. Historians have recently become interested in the integrity of the representations of. The paris commune, by max shachtman in memory of the commune, by v i. In this war drama blurring the lines between documentary and fiction, the working class and the bourgeoisie of 19th century paris are interviewed and covered on television, before and during a tragic workers class revolt. The paris commune y max shachtman the fall of second empire. Episode with french subtitles and original documents cited by the narrator.
The twentieth century press, of london, england, reprinted them a few years ago in a. The paris commune was a popularled democratic government that ruled paris from march 18 to may 28, 1871. The power of bonapartism, which had skilfully utilized the struggles of the classes to perpetuate its own rule was being confronted by the. The paris commune of 1871 a brief historical background. 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. Publication date 1908 topics paris france history commune, 1871 publisher. History of the commune of 1871 by lissagaray free ebook. 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. With eliane annie adalto, pierre barbieux, bernard bombeau, maylis bouffartigue. The paris commune was the biggest and last popular revolution in western europe ending the cycle of revolutions that started in 1789. The history of the origin of the commune is the history of the fall of the empire of louis napoleon after the francoprussian war. It occurred in the wake of frances defeat in the francogerman war and the collapse of napoleon iiis second empire 185270. Episode avec sous titres en francais et sources citees par le narrateur. The paris commune was the biggest and last popular revolution in western europe ending the cycle of revolutions that.
Adolphe thiers, chief executive of the provisional national government, is alarmed by the revolutionary activities of the paris national guard, an armed militia of some 260 battalions organized by the previous government to help defend paris against the prussians in the last days of the disastrous francoprussian war. Henri guillemin the paris commune second french revolution, 1871 episode 1. The paris commune a brief history of the worlds first socialist working class uprising. By william morris the left and the commune engels download pdf. The workers of paris, joined by mutinous national guardsmen, seized the city and set about reorganising society in their own interests based on workers councils. I wont focus only on the actual acts of the paris commune of 1871 and of the zad of notre. The events surrounding the formation and establishment of this authority were at the center of international news.
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