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Introduction The Paris Commune of 1871 only lasted from March 18 to May 28, just 72 days, yet it is one of the most celebrated events in socialist history. It is a legend. Yet, what was it? What is it for us today? A model for socialists? A heroic failure? Negation of the state? Or the first workers’ government? Karl Marx wrote the most famous contemporary account, yet he failed to take up some of the Commune’s serious problems. Why? In Part I of this essay, below, I look at the events of t...

Viola Desmond and Alexander Keith’s graveyard clears heritage hurdle Those who like history like it a lot. Halifax’s Camp Hill Cemetery got almost perfect marks in its evaluation at a special meeting of the HRM heritage advisory committee. Among the thousands of marked and unmarked graves at the 177-year-old burial ground are the final resting place of both civil rights activist Viola Desmond and brewer-politician Alexander Keith. In a virtual meeting last...

Sommes-nous en démocratie ? « Une dictature ce n’est pas ça » a déclaré Emmanuel Macron, président de la République à propos du pass sanitaire. Dans une démocratie, assure le chef de l’État, le cycle électoral est maintenu et les vaccins sont gratuits. La gratuité des vaccins, Montesquieu n’y aurait pas pensé mais il est vrai que de son temps la question ne se posait guère. Notre Président a raison de mettre l’accent sur le sens des mots. Les mots ont un sens. Encore f...

понедељак, 19. јул 2021.  НОВИ САД - На данашњи дан 1427. године умро је српски владар и писац Стефан Лазаревић, назван Стефан Високи, кнез од 1389. до 1402. потом деспот, син кнеза Лазара Хребељановића. У прво време владао је очевим земљама уз помоћ мајке кнегиње Милице и до 1402. призна...

Денят 19 юли в световната история 19 Юли 2021 | 08:12 | Агенция "Фокус" Снимка: pixabay.com През 1980 г. в Москва започват XXII олимпийски игри, бойкотирани от западните страни. България участва с 289 спортисти, които печелят 8 златни, 16 сребърни и 17 бронзови медала и заемат 3-то място в крайното ...

The Fête de la Fédération at Champ de Mars on July 14, 1790. Woodcut by Helman, from a picture by C. Monet, Painter of the King. Bibliothèque nationale de France Romain Fathi, Flinders University and Claire Rioult, Monash University French people travelling to or living in English-speaking countries are sometimes surprised when asked about their plans for “Bastille Day”: they refer to the day as Quatorze Juillet (14 July). France’s National Day is not really about th...

martes, 13 De julio, 2021 El edificio se demolió en 1950, según los investigadores Jorge Victoria Ojeda y Sergio Grosjean Abimerhi. (Novedades Yucatán) MÉRIDA, Yuc.- La ciudad de Mérida ha tenido cambios en sus bellezas arquitectónicas, de las cuales quedan vestigios en archivos e investigaciones, que muestran lo que fue el pasado del Centro Histórico de la urbe. Uno de esos edificios emblemáticos que se perdió con el paso del tiempo se encontraba en lo que ahora es un estacionamien...

What is Frances Bastille Day and why is it celebrated? The most common misconceptions about the French national day are that it is a celebration of the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, and commemorates the official beginning of the French Revolution. It is, in fact, a far more complex story. 14 July 2021 French people travelling to or living in English-speaking countries are sometimes surprised when asked about their plans for "Bastille Day": they refer to th...

¿Por qué le cambiarán el nombre a la Plaza de la Noche Triste por Plaza de la Noche Victoriosa? El gobierno de la CDMX cambiará el nombre a la Plaza de la Noche Triste, ubicada en Popotla, a 500 años de la resistencia indígena y su victoria sobre los hombres de Cortés Foto: Cuartoscuro "Vamos a reivindicar la noche victoriosa", informó Alfonso Suárez del Real Compartir Tacuba– a la altura de la acequia de Los Toltecas -donde hoy está la iglesia de San Hip�...

Getty French people travelling to or living in English-speaking countries are sometimes surprised when asked about their plans for “Bastille Day”: they refer to the day as Quatorze Juillet (14 July). France’s National Day is not really about the storming of the Bastille, and the day’s English language name conveys a misleading image. But it gives us an interesting glimpse into how the English-speaking world imagines France’s revolutionary past. The most common misconceptions about th...