The Paris Commune: Anarchy in the French Republic

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Source/Further reading:

Mike Duncan’s excellent Revolutions podcast (several episodes on the Commune!): https://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/...

BBC In Our Time podcast, the Siege of Paris: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000...

Guardian, Vive la Commune: https://www.theguardian.com/world/202...

NYT, 150 years on: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/28/wo...

BBC, 150 years on: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe...

Britannica, the Siege of Paris: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sieg...

Seattle CHOP, a modern Paris Commune? Leftwing view: https://theconversation.com/revolutio...

Rightwing View: https://fee.org/articles/seattle-s-au...