Article: The Paris Commune’s Spirit Is Still Alive

Article Title:

The Paris Commune’s Spirit Is Still Alive

Author Name:

Kristin Ross

Source/Publication:

Jacobin

Language:

English

Brief Description:

This is an extract from The Commune Form: The Transformation of Everyday Life by Kristin Ross, now available from Verso Books.

Excerpt (Optional):

Thinkers like Karl Marx and Peter Kropotkin identified the commune as the political framework for a transformed, radically democratic society. We can find examples of this in some of the key social and environmental struggles of the world today.

Link:

To read more visit: https://jacobin.com/2024/09/paris-commune-form-marx-politics

Access:

Open-access

Author Bio (Optional):

Kristin Ross is a professor of comparative literature at New York University and the author of Communal Luxury: The Political Imaginary of the Paris Commune.