The Common Wind keyword-marxist-literature the Paris Commune of 1871

the Paris Commune of 1871 grew directly from the discontent among radicalized soldiers and civilians pressed into armed service on behalf of institutions they learned to mistrust

Ernest Mandel (1923–1995) was a member of a very rare breed: a theorist of activist Marxism

arguing instead that what we have experienced is the return of History in a horrific form

Every vote ought not to be counted the same

The Common Wind keyword-marxist-literature the Paris Commune of 1871The Common Wind is a gripping and colorful account of the intercontinental networks that tied together the free and enslaved masses of the New World. Having delved deep into the gray obscurity of official eighteenth century records in Spanish, English, and French, Julius S. Scott has written a powerful history from below. Scott follows the spread of rumors of emancipation and the people behind them, bringing to life the protagonists in the slave