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. Download the exhibition booklet in english pdf 2,4mo. Episode with french subtitles and original documents cited by the narrator. The annus horribilis, as described by victor hugo, led to the paris commune and.
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. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Manifesto of the communist party marxists internet archive. The parisian workers strove, in extremely difficult circumstances, to put an.
Aug 26, 2008 no, the problem is that, much unlike marxs the civil war in france, trotsky has a sectarian attitude towards the working class movement in the paris commune and decries it for not having a revolutionary party as if the problem when the communards were being mowed down was that they lacked leadership. The paris commune was a radical socialist and revolutionary government that ruled paris from. The commune of 1871 was never truly vanquishedits political imaginary lived on and is today being liberated and revived in a new cycle of struggles. Paris commune of 1871 the first proletarian revolution and the first government of the working class. The power of bonapartism, which had skilfully utilized the struggles of the classes to perpetuate its own rule was being confronted by the.
The history of the origin of the commune is the history of the fall of the empire of louis napoleon after the francoprussian war. For this reason it is a highly significant event, even though it is ignored in the french history curriculum. The paris commune was a popularled democratic government that ruled paris from march 18 to may 28, 1871. The paris commune y max shachtman the fall of second empire. Address to the international workingmens association, may 1871.
It premiered on german television, was shot on a set at a factory in france and is a. The paris commune wis a radical socialist an revolutionary govrenment that ruled paris frae 18 mairch tae 28 mey 1871. By 20 september 1870, the german army had surrounded paris and was camped just. Pariser kommune franzosisch ubersetzung deutsch beispiele. Episode avec sous titres en francais et sources citees par le narrateur. The parisians, reeling from defeat in the francoprussian war set up their own revolutionary administration. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango. 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. Yes, this could have been how events unfolded on the streets of paris in 1871, and possibly also paris in 1968. A historical reenactment in the style of a documentary, the film received much acclaim from critics for its political themes and watkins direction.
A journalist for versailles television broadcasts a soothing and official view of events while a commune television is set up to provide the perspectives of. Steve cook gives an informative talk on the history and significance of events surrounding the paris commune of 1871. The charles deering mccormick library of special collections at northwestern university library is home to one of the premier collections of original source materials on the siege and commune of paris ca. 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.
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. For revolutionaries in 1961 the paris commune of 1871 should be seen as an. The paris commune of 1871 a brief historical background. Paris commune of 1871 article about paris commune of 1871.
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. The bitter memory of the prussian siege of paris in 1870 and the commune of 1871 underwrite several late nineteenthcentury french novels. The paris commune during the french revolution was the government of paris from 1792 until 1795. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license.
Roar magazine is an independent journal of the radical imagination providing grassroots perspectives from the frontlines of the global struggle for real democracy. Jan 15, 2014 this feature is not available right now. The catastrophic imaginary of the paris commune in jules vernes. Sep 08, 2006 the paris commune is often said to be the first example of working people taking power. The paris commune was the biggest and last popular revolution in western europe ending the cycle of revolutions that started in 1789.
Arrete par les versaillais le 28 mai, il est juge, condamne a mort le 2 septembre, et fusille le 18 novembre 1871. French and utopian, the other german and dystopian against each other. Herausgegeben vom deutschen historischen institut paris. May 16, 2001 the paris commune of 1871 was one of the greatest and most inspiring episodes in the history of the working class. Established in paris, it lasted for 72 days march 18 to may 28. Henri guillemin the paris commune second french revolution, 1871 episode 1. In our time, the siege of paris 187071 bbc radio 4. This was the first time the working class had established, for 72 brief but. Melvyn bragg and guests discuss paris under prussian siege and then under the commune.