On this day in 1848, the French February Revolution began when thousands of Parisians took to the streets to protest political suppression, leading to the founding of the Second Republic and establishment of labor reforms. Among the reforms the Second Republic passed were universal male suffrage and a guaranteed "right to work", provided by National Workshops which gave the unemployed with a source of income.

The protests of February 22nd were triggered by the banning of political banquets, legal means of criticizing the government and fundraising for political organizing. Incidentally, communist journalist Friedrich Engels was in Paris at the time and witnessed these banquets. After the ban, thousands flooded out onto the streets to protest against the "Citizen King" Louis Philippe and his chief minister François Pierre Guillaume Guizot.

Shouting "Down with Guizot" and "Long Live the Reform", the crowds marched past Guizot's residence and erected barricades in the streets of Paris, where fighting broke out between the citizens and the Parisian municipal guards. French troops shot into the crowd, killing at least fifty-two people.

In the next few days, Guizot resigned and King Philippe fled the country. By February 26th, the Second Republic had been formed, with poet Alphonse de Lamartine acting as a de facto dictator over France for the next three months.

The Second Republic's governance would be tested in the "June Days" uprising, which Karl Marx identified as a conflict between petite bourgeoisie and the proletariat. The revolting workers were crushed by force (with over 4,000 insurgents being deported to Algeria) and the Second Republic continued until elected President Louis Napoléon Bonaparte dissolved the parliament in a coup in 1851.

The Class Struggles in France, 1848 to 1850 :marx-guns-blazing:

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  • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    If you don't know the story of All Star Superman it's that he finds out he's dying and goes all fucking out to wrap up the loose ends. The big part is giving Luthor this speech that is for sure in the script.word for word:

    https://youtu.be/PrcUb8MENAg

    That's what the last movie hinges around entirely. All Star Superman has other bullshit. This is the end ofnthe trilogy

    • Wheaties [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      I didn't. Guess I have to read that someday. Was Red Sun any good? If it wasn't, were the brainworms at least funny?

      • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        Red Sun is good but lib, has a kinda cool twist ending. All Star Superman goes pretty broad in the Superman mythos, I made an edit in my last post where I linked a scene from the animated version that would more or less sum up the themes of how I'd do it as a third part in this trilogy

    • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      On this, Luthor is every tech billionaire rolled into one but at least semi competent