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This Day In 1871: Paris Commune Established

March 19, 2017 ROAR Collective, roarmag.org
By the ROAR Collective. Exactly 146 years ago today, the workers of Paris rose up against their treacherous and tyrannical government and defiantly hoisted the red flag of the Paris Commune over the Hôtel de Ville. The event sent shockwaves throughout the continent: with armed citizens erecting barricades in working-class neighborhoods and government officials on the retreat to Versailles, the City of Light had suddenly fallen into the hands of its people. Over the next two months, all signs of state power evaporated from the French capital as the proletarians of Paris took charge of their own destiny, forming neighborhood councils and producer associations, electing moderately paid delegates subject to immediate recall, and instituting basic reforms like free access to public education, the granting of citizenship to immigrants, and the reopening of workplaces under workers’ control.

Anniversary Of The Paris Commune, 1871

March 18, 2016 The Days of the Paris Commune, www.daysofthecommune.com , ,
By The Days of the Paris Commune, The Paris Commune was 72 days when the working class seized power in Paris and put in place their own government. During the Commune workers occupied their own city, creating a progressive democratic assembly from March 18 to May 28, 1871 before being brutally destroyed by the French Government.The commune has been talked about and analyzed by many for the lessons it taught. We thought on this anniversary we'd remember some of the lessons of the Paris Commune.