Paris Commune @ 150

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A commemoration of 150 years since the Paris Commune

For 72 days in 1871, a revolutionary working-class government ran the city of Paris. In the short time before their brutal suppression, Parisian workers instituted far-reaching social changes that have inspired struggles for equality and against oppression ever since. Join author Michael Rosen, French National Assembly member Danièle Obono, convenor of Stop the War Lindsey German, Professor August Nimtz and others in discussion of the Commune and its relevance today.Full timetableSession One: The festival of the oppressed, 13:00-14:45Introductions from:Michael Rosen: Culture and the Paris CommuneClara Vlessing: Louise Michel and the women of the Paris CommuneJohn Westmoreland: The Working Class in the Paris CommuneKate Connelly: Karl Marx on the Paris Commune14:45-15:00 BreakSession Two: Changing the world after the Commune, 15:00-16:45Introductions from:August Nimtz: Lenin on the Paris CommuneLindsey German: The Legacy of the CommuneDanièle Obono: International Socialism TodayShabbir Lakha: From Black Lives Matter to Zero Covid: what does liberation look like today?

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