On 18
March 1871, enormous sections of the Parisian working class began a
rebellion that shook the foundations of European society. Through
this uprising, laborers seized direct control over their city,
expelling their government and capitalist rulers. These revolutionary
men and women declared Paris an independent municipality — a
commune where they would directly and collectively manage their
society through new institutions and voluntary associations of their
own creation.
The Commune: Paris, 1871 is a new collection of classic
anarchist and libertarian-socialist studies of the Paris Commune,
compiled, edited, and introduced by Andrew Zonneveld. This concise
volume includes critical reflections on the Commune from such radical
authors as Louise Michel, William Morris, Mikhail Bakunin, Petr
Kropotkin, Voltairine de Cleyre, Alexander Berkman and Maurice
Brinton.
