#paris commune

[sansculottides]

"Workers, do not be deceived: it is the great struggle: parasitism and labor, exploitation and production are at death-grips. If you are sick or vegetating in ignorance and squatting in the muck; if you want your children to be men gaining the reward of their labor, not a sort of animal trained for the workshop and for war, fertilizing with its sweat the fortune of an exploiter, or pouring out its blood for a despot; if you want the daughters whom you cannot bring up and watch over as you would, to be no longer instruments of pleasure in the arms of the aristocracy of wealth; if you want debauch and poverty no longer to drive men to the police and women to prostitution; if, finally, you desire the reign of justice, workers, be intelligent, arise! And let your stout hands fling beneath your feet the foul reaction! ...Long live the Republic! Long live the Commune!"

--Statement of the Central Committee of the National Guard of the Paris commune on April 5, 1871.

The National Guard of the Commune was not the same as the old government's army that defended bourgeois interest; the National Guard of the Commune consisted of the workingmen of Paris. Their officers and Central Committee were democratically elected and subject to recall if they lost the confidence of the people.

The Paris Commune started today, March 18, in 1871. At the time the working people of Paris were driven to poverty and starvation by the war with Prussia. On this day in 1871 the people of Paris--especially women and children--chased out the bourgeois government, who ran away pitifully with their tails between their legs to Versailles, leaving the city to the control of its workers. The workers of Paris established their own government that sought not to merely address urgent and base concerns such as hunger, rent, and unemployment, but also to found a kinder society by radicalizing institutions such as education or the concept of the family. It was the first attempt at a workers' state in history.

The Commune lasted for only 72 days, when the French government violently and ruthlessly crushed it. They brutally massacred the workers in the event that is known as Bloody Week. Historian Donny Gluckstein wrote: "Bloody Week was a graphic example of a capitalist state stripped to its bare essentials--'armed bodies of men'--exterminating a threat to the system of domination and exploitation." Paris suffered a labor shortage after this massacre.

We remember the Paris Commune, its principles, and its battle. Even today we sing the Internationale, a product of that relentless hopeful spirit of the Commune and its people who dared to believe a kinder world was possible--if only we fight for it.

Picture is the Communards Wall at the Père Lachaise Cemetery, where workers of the Commune were killed by bourgeois forces. People still leave flowers every year.

#paris commune #socialism #communism #marxism #history #labor history

[agelessphotography]

Barricades de la Commune, avril 71. Coin de la place Hotel de Ville & de la rue de Rivoli (Barricades of the Commune, April 71. Corner of Place Hotel de Ville & Rue de Rivoli), Pierre-Ambrose Richebourg, 1871

#paris #photography #vintage photography #vintage #pierre ambrose richebourg #1870s #1871 #french #sepia #albumen print #france #paris commune #siege of paris #franco prussian war #war #world history

[qsycomplainsalot]

Woman at the Townhall, 2nd Day of the Paris Commune 1871 -- Daniel Urrabieta Vierge

#history #art #paris commune

[citoyenneangele]

I once had read that Les Mis is coming back to Paris, so I wanted to check this out if this is true. Turns out it is. But what even caught more of my attention than it being advertised as "new production in French" is the place where it is supposed to be happening. Of any places it is that theater that I now know best as being transformed into court martial that sentenced probably thousands of Communards and even innocent Parisian citizens to immediate death. Somehow this feels highly symbolic, but I haven't really figured out yet what exactly the symbolism is trying to tell us….

#Les mis #les miserables #paris #châtelet #paris commune

[postcard-from-the-past]

Tuileries Palace after the arson during the 1871 Paris Commune

French vintage postcard

#historic #photo #briefkaart #1871 #vintage #sepia #photography #carte postale #paris #paris commune #postcard #palace #postkarte #commune #postal #tarjeta #tuileries palace #ansichtskarte #old #french #arson #ephemera #postkaart #tuileries

[prole-log]

The 18th of March is the Anniversary of the Paris Commune of 1871, which many saw as the precursor of future anarchist/socialist societies, in which workers would seize and control the means of production themselves. https://libcom.org/article/1871-paris-commune

#anarchism #freeblr #paris commune #1312 #politics #leftblr

[paxfemina]

“The mask of humanity will fall from capital. It has to take it off to kill everyone—everything you love; all the hope and tenderness in the world. It has to take it off, just for one second. To do the deed.”

'A street in Paris in May 1871' - Maximilien Luce (1903-1906) // The Deserter, Disco Elysium

#history #paris france #disco elysium #quote #capitalism #paris commune

[shinyfire-0]

Phantom of the Opera - Paris Commune Week 2023!

In May 2021, the Phantom of the Opera fandom commemorated the 150th anniversary of the 1871 Paris Commune with the first PotO-Paris Commune Week. The Third PotO-Paris Commune Week will be held May 21-28, 2022, hosted by @shinyfire-0 and @paperandsong.

What is the connection between the Phantom of the Opera and the Paris Commune? The Commune is referenced in Gaston Leroux’s novel The Phantom of the Opera several times, principally in three ways:

The narrator tells us the skeleton found beneath the Garnier is presumed to be a victim of the Commune, but the narrator believes it is in fact Erik’s body.

Erik calls the passage behind Christine’s mirror mon chemin des communards (my Communard road).

Near the end of the novel, Erik places Raoul in a room he calls the cachot des communards (the Communard dungeon).

Ways this week could be recognized:

Follow the tag #poto paris commune 1871

Take a look at what was created in the last couple of years

Create new PotO-Commune content: fics, art, meta, historical posts, moodboards - anything kind of content you want to make.

Use #poto paris commune 1871 for Tumblr posts, and the Paris Commune tag for AO3

Repost/reblog any Commune-related content you have created in the past

Support PotO-Commune content created by others by reading, reviewing, reblogging

Suggested Prompts:

Arson

Gunpowder

Skeletons under the Garnier

Politics: Was Erik an anarchist, a communist, an aspiring member of the bourgeoisie, a nihilist? Was he sympathetic to the Commune or annoyed by it?

What were Erik’s interactions like with the Communards?

Class Warfare

What were the Daroga and Darius doing during the Commune? Had the Daroga located Erik at this point?

Paris Commune 1968 AU: Christine and Raoul participate in the 1968 student protests.

Les Mis 1871 Crossover AU

Look back at the last couple of years’ Commune fics for art ideas (there are some amazing PoTO-Paris Commune fics out there)

Play with the Commune as it appears in the various PotO adaptations:

The Commune is also referenced in Susan Kay’s Phantom. In this version, a very grumpy Erik gives a terse explanation of the politics of the Commune, tells the reader he hates everyone involved (unsurprisingly) and kills a member of the National Guard with his lasso (the National Guard had seized control of Paris in March 1871 after the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian war - essentially, the National Guard were the Communards). He then starts to take the National Guard’s gunpowder and proudly thinks to himself: ‘And so my labyrinth was wired for death, a vast web encircling the minotaur's secret lair. Let foolish, unsuspecting men step with care in the maze of my creation.’  So dramatic! So angsty!

The 2004 PotO musical film was set in 1870 in the middle of  the Franco-Prussian war. At the end of the war, Paris was besieged by Prussia for four months during 1871 and food got so scarce that people started to eat their pet cats and dogs.

There are references to the Commune in the 1925 film and even Argento’s Rat Phantom.

Check the #poto paris commune 1871 tag for research references.

This is a decentralized call for content! You do not have to ask to participate - just tag your work. This is even open to other fandoms - anyone who is interested in creating content centered around the 1871 Paris Commune. We promise to reblog anything tagged as #poto paris commune 1871.

#poto paris commune 1871 #phantom of the opera #poto #Leroux #Le Fantôme de l'Opéra #paris commune #french history #Paris #erik x christine

[paperandsong]

Phantom of the Opera - Paris Commune Week 2023

PotO Paris Commune Week begins in just one week, May 21 - 28. It’s not too late to write a fic or make art or write some meta about the Phantom of the Opera and the 1871 Paris Commune.

Here is the original announcement for this year’s event with more information.

As a refresher, the Commune is mentioned by Leroux several times in his novel, principally in three ways:

1. The skeleton found beneath the Garnier is supposedly presumed to be a victim of the Commune, but the narrator believes it is in fact Erik’s body.

2. The passage behind Christine’s mirror is meant to have been built by the Communards who occupied the unfinished Garnier during the Commune. Erik calls this mon chemin des communards (the Communard road).

3. Erik places Raoul in a room he calls the cachot des communards (the Communard dungeon).

Prompts for Fic, Art, & Meta:

Politics: Was Erik an anarchist, a communist, an aspiring member of the bourgeoisie, a nihilist? Was he sympathetic to the Commune or annoyed by it?

Pyrotechnics: Where did all that gunpowder come from? Was Erik involved in any of the fires that raged in the last days of the Commune?

Love Never Dies: Did Erik have anything to do with the 1891 Commune fireworks display at Manhattan Beach, Coney Island?

Broadway Close: How might Erik punish those responsible for the end of his reign over Broadway? The Communist Dungeon for Cammack?

Modern AU: ACAB includes the Gendarmes 

Just tag it #poto paris commune 1871 to participate. The tag also has all posts from the last two years, which are a great resource for history, ideas, and some really great fic. 

#poto paris commune 1871 #phantom of the opera #le fantôme de l'opéra #gaston leroux #paris commune #frev #french history

[shihlun]

Akio Jissoji

- Mandala

1971

#akio jissoji #mandala #mandara #曼陀羅 #実相寺昭雄 #paris commune #faust #clock #japanese film #1971 #atg #art theatre guild #akio jissôji

[leftistfeminista]

Red Virgin: Louise Michel and the Paris Commune of 1871

In the year of eighteen seventy-one, The Paris Commune was born, a revolution begun. Against Napoleon III and his bourgeoisie, The workers and peasants rose up, their spirits free.

Louise Michel, a fearless woman of the people, A revolutionary, fighting for freedom's steeple. Against the Prussians and their brutal invasion, She rallied the masses, seeking liberation.

Born into poverty, in a world of oppression, She fought for justice, with every confession. A teacher, a poet, and a revolutionary soul, She stood for the working class, and their role.

But Napoleon III and his government fell, And the Prussians came to ring the death knell. The workers and peasants of Paris did not yield, They formed the Commune, and their power revealed.

From the ashes of the old world, they rose, A new society, where the people chose. Workers' councils, elected and true, A new form of democracy, shining anew.

But the ruling class could not bear this sight, They sent their armies, determined to smite. In the end, the Commune fell to their might, Leaving behind a legacy, shining bright.

The Commune stood for justice and equality, The ruling class feared their new society. For two months they held their ground, A beacon of hope for the oppressed to be found.

But the forces of Thiers, the bourgeois leader, Were too strong, and the Commune met a cruel end. Yet the memory of the Commune still lives on, Their struggle for justice and freedom still goes on.

Oh, Louise Michel, brave and true, Your socialist heart, a guiding light for the new. Your spirit still burns bright in our hearts, A symbol of resistance, that will never part.

The Paris Commune may have fallen, But its legacy shines on, never to be forgotten. A revolution of the working class, A shining moment of hope that will forever last.

#paris commune #poem

[katchwreck]

March 18 is the Day of the Paris Commune!

#paris commune #March 18 #posters

[edwordsmyth]

r.i.p. Mario Tronti

#mario tronti #paris commune

[semioticapocalypse]

David “Chim” Seymour. Demonstration commemorating the victims of the Paris Commune suppresssion. 1936

#BW #Black and White #Preto e Branco #Noir et Blanc #黒と白 #Schwarzweiß #retro #David Seymour #Paris Commune #demostration #commemoration #street photography #Photographie de rue #Strassenfotografie #fotografia de rua #ストリートフォトグラフィー #cities #cidades #villes #都市 #Stadtbild #paysage urbain #paisagem urbana #シティスケープ #history #histoire #história #Geschichte #歴史 #historical

[pateralba]

#paris komünü #paris commune #viva #barricade #barikat

[postcard-from-the-past]

Mass execution during the 1871 Paris Commune

French vintage postcard

#vintage #tarjeta #old #briefkaart #mass #postcard #photography #postal #carte postale #execution #sepia #1871 #ephemera #paris commune #commune #historic #paris #french #ansichtskarte #postkarte #postkaart #photo