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Revolutions #170 · June 1, 2018 · 30m

8.1 - The Paris Commune

Revolutions

The Paris Commune of 1871 — a radical democratic experiment born from France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. Duncan examines the 72-day experiment in worker self-governance that inspired Marx, Lenin, and a century of socialist revolution.

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Meaning from responsibility — the Commune's leaders found purpose in impossible governance
The Commune's leaders knew they would almost certainly be defeated, but they governed with extraordinary energy and idealism — finding meaning in the responsibility of building something new, however briefly.
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Highlights

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The Paris Commune created the template for every 20th-century socialist revolution
Duncan traces how the Commune's brief existence — worker councils, abolition of night work, secular education — became the model that Marx, Lenin, and Mao claimed to follow.
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