The Paris Commune of 1871, the first instance of a working-class seizure of power, has been subject to countless interpretations; reviled by its enemies as a murderous bacchanalia of the unwashed while praised by supporters as an exemplar of proletarian anarchism in action. Only those who were present in the spring of 1871 and who lived through and participated in the Commune have contributed to this volume, leading to a more balanced view. Collects newspaper cuttings from Le Cri du Peuple, the communes official newspaper.