Paris Commune
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The Paris Commune was a French revolutionary government that seized power in Paris on 18 March 1871 and controlled parts of the city until 28 May 1871. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871, the
A barricade thrown up by the Communard National Guard on 18 March 1871
Children in factory at the forge under the Second French Empire
Louis Auguste Blanqui, leader of the Commune's far-left faction, was imprisoned for the entire time of the Commune.
French National Guard soldier, 1870
Communards
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The Communards were members and supporters of the short-lived 1871 Communes in France formed in the wake of the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War.
Paris Commune
…and the complete defeat of the French Army by the Germans by March 1871, soldiers of the National Guard seized control of the city on 18 March. The Communards killed two French Army generals and refused to accept the authority of the Third Republic; instead, the radicals set about establishing their own…
Communards (National Guards) at Boulevard Voltaire
"The Commune stopped by Ignorance and Reaction"
Executed Communards (National Guards)
Antoine Perrare's (a former Communard and member of the Anti-authoritarian International) mugshot taken by Alphonse Bertillon (Anthropometric File of Anarchists - 1894)