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Art of War : La Commune de Paris 1871

Larmee | 29.01.2006 07:56 | Oxford

La Commune de Paris 1871

La Commune de Paris 1871
La Commune de Paris 1871


La Commune de Paris 1871

Larmee

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Re: Image

29.01.2006 19:16

I can understand why this image was hidden….it’s not “news” and it’s not recent…(and it’s rather unpleasant ((and was unpleasant for me to make))….but, like the image, this horrendous history of the Commune de Paris has been mostly hidden.

Not many people are aware that at least 20,000 (up to 40,000) Parisians, who fought for human and workers’ rights, (including many, many women and children) were lined up against walls, taken to abattoirs, and killed en masse by French government troops. And while not "recent", it was, (in my opinion) done in the “modern” world, by a "civilized" government against its own people….. and yet it goes under-reported in the history books (if reported at all).

My purpose in making (and publishing) this image was to possibly introduce this history to those who might be unaware of it, and to those who might want to research it further, and (hopefully) bring this history to light.
k.l.

k.l.


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Those who do not learn from the past...

30.01.2006 09:58

"Communists, left-wing socialists, anarchists and others have seen the Commune as a model for, or a prefiguration of, a liberated society, with a political system based on participatory democracy from the grass roots up."  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Commune

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Improving Situation

30.01.2006 11:07

I sent
">*Cimetière du Père Lachaise*
>>
>> That was what came into my head when my heart jumped
>> when I saw the picture hidden at
>>  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/01/332530.html?c=on#c140710
>> there were only 147 leading communards shot there at the
>> Mur des Fédérés while Paris soaked with the blood of
>> perhaps 40,000 Parisians butchered by the Government."

and this came back

"I have unhidden it. There is still much to learn from the
Paris commune, perhaps this is a good place to start:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Commune

>> It is time to change the guidelines


Well... we agreed ages ago to set up a History topic and I
think this is what is needed here -- if history was ticked
then the non-news (ie current) guideline need not apply...





Ilyan