Anarchism and other writings5/25/2023 ![]() ![]() This was the first time in history that the working class had seized state power. In 1871, with Paris surrounded by Prussian troops after France had capitulated, the workers of Paris rose up and seized power. but not one word was spoken in the beginning, That one branch of mankind should rule over another” The Paris Commune (1870) “In the beginning of Time, the great Creator Reason, made the Earth to be a Common Treasury. True Levellers Standard Advanced, by Gerrard Winstanley (1649). The English Revolution, by Christopher Hill The English Revolution was also the scene of revolutionary struggles by the predecessors of the modern revolutionaries: the Diggers and the Levellers. The English Revolution of 1640-48, in which Oliver Cromwell built the New Model Army, decapitated Charles II and laid the basis for the constitutional monarchy under which the bourgeoisie could develop its industry and trade without the fetters of feudalism The English Revolution and the Diggers (1640-1648) ![]() Naturally, there are movements before modern Anarchism that express these sentiments, ranging from ancient Taoism as described in the 6th century BC to the Paris Commune at the edge of 1870. Opposition to political, cultural, economic, or other authority marks every great conflict. Opposition to authoritarian control is an endemic part of the human situation. ![]()
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