In this episode we are joined by Carolyn Eichner, Professor of History and Women's and Gender Studies at University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, to discuss her brilliant book The Paris Commune: A Brief History (Rutgers University Press, 2022).
We hope you enjoy this conversation, which ranges from the origins of the Commune to its legacy in France and the contemporary world, and includes discussion of the role of women, the nature of political power and the threat of repression during the 72-days of upheaval and revolution in Paris.
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The image in this episode is the battery of cannons on Montmartre in March 1871, which was the scene for the outbreak of revolutionary uprising in Paris.