The Paris Commune: A Revolution in Democracy

For two months in 1871, the workers of Paris took control of Europe's most celebrated capital city....
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Author: Donny Gluckstein
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The Paris Commune: A Revolution in Democracy by Gluckstein, Donny

The Paris Commune: A Revolution in Democracy

€43,90

The Paris Commune: A Revolution in Democracy

€43,90
Author: Donny Gluckstein
Format: Paperback
Language: English

For two months in 1871, the workers of Paris took control of Europe's most celebrated capital city. When they established the world's first workers' democracy--the Paris Commune--they found no ready-made blueprints, and no precedents to study for how to run their city without princes, prison wardens, or professional politicians. All they had was the boundless revolutionary enthusiasm of Paris's socialists, communists, anarchists, and radical Jacobins, all of whom threw their energies into creating a new society.

As the city's bakers, industrial workers, and other "ruffians" built new institutions of collective political power to overturn social and economic inequality, their former rulers sought to thwart their efforts by any means necessary--ultimately deciding to drown the Communards in blood.

By paying particular attention to the historic problems of the Commune, critical debates over its implications, and the glimpse of a better world the Commune provided, Gluckstein reveals its enduring lessons and inspiration for today's struggles.

Donny Gluckstein is author of The Nazis, Capitalism and the Working Class and The Tragedy of Bukharin. He is a lecturer in history in Edinburgh and is a member of the Socialist Workers Party.




Author: Donny Gluckstein
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Published: 07/26/2011
Pages: 260
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781608461189

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