10.7- Paris Commune Revisited

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In 1872, the First International fractured into rival camps led by Marx and Bakunin.  

In this podcast, Jules Legendre from Révolution - the French section of the International Marxist Tendency - explains what the Paris Commune was, and the lessons that revolutionaries must draw from it today. For two months between March and May 1871 the armed workers of Paris, su ...  Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian war and the social unrest that followed, as the French capital was cut off from the rest of the country and food was scarce. When the French government surrendered Paris to the Prussians, power gravitat ...  Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian war and the social unrest that followed, as the French capital was cut off from the rest of the country and food was scarce. When the French government surrendered Paris to the Prussians, power gravitat ...  Show more

<span style="font-weight: 400;">A longtime resident of Paris, Pascal Fonquernie, walks us through his historic neighborhood,</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Le Marais</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, sharing its unique history and shining a light on the ...