MEMORIES OF INSURRECTION

CANNONS PARKED ON THIS HEIGHT* LED TO LA COMMUNE, 

THE LAST AND MOST TRAGIC OF THE CITY'S 19TH-CENTURY INSURRECTIONS

* And that of neighboring Montmartre

Who were those People from Creuse who Fought and Fell during the Commune of 1871? 

-- "La Montagne," April 4, 2021 (in French)

The vast working-class area has always been Left:

• La Bellevilloise

The hammer and sickle indicates a powerful workers' cooperative, Communist after 1924.

MONDAY JUNE 19 . 19h30  LA BELLEVILLOISE
"Let's get rid of Macron and the patrons" "Facing capitalism, LET'S ORGANIZE" 

Posters for an independent union and help to migrants  

"We don't know whether art still allows HOWLING (more inside)"

Adoption of Black Lives Matter

"Behind fascism hides capital"

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La Commune is in its DNA: We will come to it.

The past isn't dead and gone.
In fact, it isn't even gone.

-- William Faulkner

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Next,

Preliminary fracas: The mad "Descent from La Courtille"