In this interview for the Cuban magazine La Tizza, VA’s Cira Pascual Marquina talks about the commune as the path and the end-goal for Venezuela’s socialist project. She also delves into Venezuela’s ...
The catalyst for the Paris Commune was France’s crushing defeat in the 1870-71 Franco-Prussian War – “La Débâcle”, as Émile Zola christened it in his renowned 1892 novel. France’s Emperor Napoleon III ...
On the 150th anniversary of the Commune of Paris, a revolutionary and anticlerical government that took control of the French capital for 72 days, the Church is seeking to honor the memory of the ...
Gustave Boulanger (1824-1888). "Episode de la Commune, place de la Concorde". Huile sur toile. Paris, musée Carnavalet. (all images courtesy Wikimedia Commons) Louise Michel, leader of the Montmartre ...
As Paris prepares to commemorate the 150th anniversary, the communards’ vision of a new form of radical democracy is once again dividing France A couple of years ago, as railway workers demonstrated ...
Returning to the Tennessee commune where they grew up, sibling documentarians explore the idealism of an era. By Sheri Linden Senior Copy Editor/Film Critic The filmmakers, who have extensive ...