{"product_id":"voices-of-the-paris-commune-paperback","title":"Voices of the Paris Commune - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMitchell Abidor\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMitchell Abidor\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Paris Commune of 1871, the first instance of a working-class seizure of power, has been subject to countless interpretations; reviled by its enemies as a murderous bacchanalia of the unwashed while praised by supporters as an exemplar of proletarian anarchism in action. As both a successful model to be imitated and as a devastating failure to be avoided. All of the interpretations are tendentious. Historians view the working class's three-month rule through their own prism, distant in time and space. \u003cem\u003eVoices of the Paris Commune\u003c\/em\u003e takes a different tack. In this book only those who were present in the spring of 1871, who lived through and participated in the Commune, are heard.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Paris Commune had a vibrant press, and it is represented here by its most important newspaper, \u003cem\u003eLe Cri du Peuple\u003c\/em\u003e, edited by Jules Vallès, member of the First International. Like any legitimate government, the Paris Commune held parliamentary sessions and issued daily printed reports of the heated, contentious deliberations that belie any accusation of dictatorship. Included in this collection is the transcript of the debate in the Commune, just days before its final defeat, on the establishing of a Committee of Public Safety and on the fate of the hostages held by the Commune, hostages who would ultimately be killed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinally, \u003cem\u003eVoices of the Paris Commune\u003c\/em\u003e contains a selection from the inquiry carried out twenty years after the event by the intellectual review \u003cem\u003eLa Revue Blanche\u003c\/em\u003e, asking participants to judge the successes and failures of the Paris Commune. This section provides a fascinating range of opinions of this epochal event.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMitchell Abidor\u003c\/b\u003e is the principal French translator for the Marxists Internet Archive and has published several collections of his translations, including \u003ci\u003eAnarchists Never Surrender: Essays, Polemics, and Correspondence on Anarchism, 1908-1938\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Great Anger: Ultra-Revolutionary Writing in France from the Atheist Priest to the Bonnot Gang\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eCommunards: The Paris Commune of 1871 as Told by Those who Fought for It\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Brooklyn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.3 x 4.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770501169440,"sku":"9781629631004","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/45244cc46be6e1ef82bef5404bfdc88c.webp?v=1780373026","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/voices-of-the-paris-commune-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}