Writings on the Paris Commune Author:Karl Marx, Mikhail Bakunin, Peter Kropotkin 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 Enge... more »ls, Mikhail Bakunin, Peter Kropotkin, and Vladimir Lenin.« less