Download or read book Writings on the Paris Commune written by Karl Marx and published by Red & Black Pub. This book was released on 2008 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Paris Commune in 1871 played a key role in the development of socialist thought. In the midst of a seige by German troops, the workers of Paris rose in revolt and established their own government. Both communists and anarchists claimed the Commune for their own. This volume includes essays on the Paris Commune by Karl Marx, Freidrich Engels, Mikhail Bakunin, Peter Kropotkin, and Vladimir Lenin.