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Working-Class Victory in Commune Elections
- The Commune elections saw a strong victory of radical left-wing revolutionaries over conservatives.
- Significantly, many working-class members were elected, breaking the trend of lawyer-dominated revolutionary governments.
Divergent Visions of the Commune
- Definitions of "the Commune" varied wildly among revolutionaries from municipal government to radical societal reorganization.
- This ambiguity created conflict among anarchists, Proudhonists, Blanquists, and Neo-Jacobins.
Philosophical Divide in Commune
- Proudhonists viewed the Commune as decentralized voluntary self-government abolishing political coercion.
- Blanquists/Neo-Jacobins favored a revolutionary dictatorship using force to destroy enemies and advance the socialist future.