MENU: 6. La Commune
"THAT STRANGE SPRING WHEN REVOLT SPRANG OUT OF THE GROUND..."
Began when the government lost control of the army and fled to Versailles, and "La Commune"* sprang into the breach.
*The name harks back to the municipality backed by the humble that saved the French Revolution against all odds.
La Commune's defeat...
- Preserved the republic by reassuring the privileged.
- Eliminated the Paris City Hall until 1977.
- Led to the sinister monument that looms over the city, the church of the Sacré Cœur.
- Ended resistance to capitalism for a generation.
- Immeasurably deepened social antagonism.
- Led to an extraordinary experiment still inspires.
Commemoration of the 150th anniversary on the site where Communards fought their last battle.
