Voices of the Paris Commune by Abidor, Mitchell (ed. and translator) - 2015

PM Press, November 2015. Paper Back . Very Good.

PM Press, 2015-11-01. Paperback. New. Brand New; satisfaction guaranteed. Trade paperback binding. Earthlight Books is a family owned and operated, independent bookstore serving Walla Walla, Washington since 1973. The 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. Voices of the Paris Commune 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.The Paris Commune had a vibrant press, and it is represented here by its most important newspaper, Le Cri du… Read More

Pm Pr, 2015. Paperback. New. 117 pages. 7.75x5.00x0.50 inches.

Paperback / softback. New.