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How communists (briefly) ran St. Louis

St. Louis on the Air

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What Happened in Saint Louis in 1871?

In 18 71, in paris, there was an uprising of of a of the working class. And they held the city for about almost three months before french forces came in and crushed them. So this sort of struck fear into the hearts of powerful people everywhere. Safe to say that that kind of put people on edge, like men, the socialists could take over our city too well. For example, in saint louis in 18 77, that was only six years after the paris commune. They were afraid they weregoing to take their property away from them. And you know, if it could happen in paris,. why couldn't it happen in the united states?

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