Communard+Uprising

=Communard Uprising=

The Communard Uprising is also referred to as the Paris Commune. It is also said to be the world's very first socialist working class uprising. This began shortly after France was defeated in the Franco-Prussian war on March 18th, 1871. French soldiers were ordered to travel to Paris to retrieve the Parisian National Guard's cannon before the Paris citizens were able to physically have anything to do with it. The citizens didn't want to give up such a wonderful and advanced possession. Soldiers aimed their guns towards their officers because they refused to fire at their own people.

Adolphe Thiers, head of the National Government, disarmed the National Guard to keep order in Paris. On March 26th, the revolutionaries won municipal elections that were held by the central committee of the guard. The revolutionaries were the ones who created the Commune government. The new government included the Jacobins, who wanted the Paris Commune to be in control of the Revolution, and the Prohoundists, who were socialists that were in favor of the association of communes all across the country. There were also the Blanquistes, and they were socialists that strongly wanted actions to be violent. The ending of religion support and the revolutionary calendars were all because of the program that the Commune endorsed. It also made workdays to be ten hours and bakers to end work everyday at night.

Alone, the Commune put up with the resistance of the Versailles government. On May 21st, government troops went into a section of Paris that wasn't even being protected. At the same time, the fédérés were having trouble being militarily organized and taking the offensive. The regular troops dominated the Communards opposition during "la semaine sanglant," or "bloody week." 750 government troops were killed during this bloody event, along with about 20,000 insurrectionists.

After the ending of the Communard Uprising, the government deported over 7,000 people and arrested around 38,000. In 1968, the "Vive la Commune," or "Long Live the Commune," was painted along the walls of Paris, which showed that the Commune legacy lived on. The Communard Uprising also gave ordinary people in France hope to be able to live better lives. They gained hope in running their own lives and becoming more successful than the rich. To this day, the French roaming Paris fight to have socialist futures and for a new and improved world.