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Siege and Commune of Paris Collection (ca. 1870-1871): Marx, Karl and V.I. Lenin. The Civil War in France: The Paris Commune

Find resources in and related to the Siege and Commune of Paris Collection at the Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections

Marx, Karl and V.I. Lenin. The Civil War in France: The Paris Commune

Marx and Lenin praise the Commune's achievements, describing it as the prototype for a revolutionary government of the future, "the form at last discovered" for the emancipation of the proletariat.