The Paris Commune was a radical socialist and revolutionary government that formed in Paris on this day in 1871, existing for just a few months before being defeated by the French National Army on May 21st that year.

A hotbed of working-class radicalism, the Paris Commune was a watershed moment in revolutionary left history. A few months after it was formed, the commune was attacked and defeated by the French National Army on May 21st, 1871, beginning the so-called "Bloody Week".

The government of the Paris Commune developed a set of policies that tended towards a progressive, secular, and highly democratic social democracy, although its existence was too brief to implement these ideas. Among these policies were the separation of church and state, abolition of child labor, abolishment of interest on some forms of debt, as well as the right of employees to take over and run an enterprise if it was deserted by its original owner.

The Paris Commune was analyzed by many communist thinkers, including Karl Marx, who called it a "dictatorship of the proletariat." Vladimir Lenin danced in the snow in celebration when the newly formed Bolshevik government lasted longer than the Paris Commune.

The uprising inspired similar revolutionary attempts around the world, including communes in Moscow (1905), Petrograd (1917), Shanghai (1927 and 1967), and Seattle (2020).

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  • AncomCosmonaut [he/him,any]
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    3 years ago

    Tapering off opiates is hard. I don't want to be conscious rn after just 3 hours of sleep (just past 6am here). But I'm shaking and tingling (pins and needles) and feeling extreme and inexplicable emotions of despair and self hatred. ....So wakefulness it is! Along with doomscrolling on on Hexbear. My cat is a great comfort though. God I love that little grey 'n black feline.

    edit holy fuk my life is a complete waste. :agony-consuming:

    • Lundi [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      You should give Kava and Kratom a shot. It was apparently a godsend for my friends recovering from Heron addiction.

      • AncomCosmonaut [he/him,any]
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        3 years ago

        Thanks, I appreciate the advice. I've got lots of kratom, and have considered it, but at this stage, I think it would do more harm that good. I wish I had some kava, but pharms like ambien and illicit benzos do the trick a little better, if a also a little less safely. I'm ok. I'm just complaining because I haven't had much sleep and I'm hurting. But I know the deal. I'll get through it. Thank you though, really.

    • theother2020 [comrade/them, she/her]
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      3 years ago

      Ibogaine. Don’t know where you are but it’s avail in Mexico and there’s a network of underground US providers. Avail online too. I’ve done it. Feel free to msg me.