Voices of the Paris Commune - Mitchell Abidor (2015).epub

Review
“The Paris Commune of 1871 has been the subject of much ideological debate, often far removed from the experiences of the participants themselves. If you really want to dig deep into what happened during those fateful weeks, reading these eye-witness accounts is mandatory.” —Gabriel Kuhn, editor, All Power to the Councils! A Documentary History of the German Revolution of 1918–1919


“The Paris Commune holds a place of pride in the hearts of radicals—heroically created from the bottom up and tragically crushed by the forces of reaction. Yet, as this collection illustrates, the lessons of the Commune, as debated by the Communards themselves, are as enduring and vital as that briefly liberated society was inspiring.” —Sasha Lilley, author, Capital and Its Discontents
About the Author
Mitchell Abidor is the principal French translator for the Marxists Internet Archive and has published several collections of his translations, including Anarchists Never Surrender: Essays, Polemics, and Correspondence on Anarchism, 1908–1938; The Great Anger: Ultra-Revolutionary Writing in France from the Atheist Priest to the Bonnot Gang; and Communards: The Paris Commune of 1871 as Told by Those who Fought for It. He lives in Brooklyn.