61 Ibid., 338.
63 Lissagaray, History of the Paris Commune of 1871, 11; Edwards, The Communards of Paris, 53.
64 Lissagaray, History of the Paris Commune of 1871, 13.
67 Ibid., 25. The Central Committee ofthe Twenty Districts aimed toward centralizing democratic and socialist forces in Paris; the Committee met in the headquarters ofthe Federation ofTrade Unions and the Federation ofthe International. Eugene Schulkind writes, “Potentially, this committee and the constituent vigilance committtees in each arrondissement were revolutionary organizations in the modern sense of the word, capable of mobilizing extensive popular support around a concrete programme and a long-range strategy as well as developing an experienced cadre for an eventual revolutionary government. In fact, a number of concrete efforts were initiated in this direction by some ofthe leaders, only to peter out soon in random activity and endless neighborhood discussions.” The Paris Commune of1871: The View From the Left, New York: Grove Press, 1974, 36.
69 Ibid., 279.
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