The Paris Commune, 150 years later – from the siege of the capital to “Bloody Week”
The Paris Commune sparked an insurrection on March 18, 1871, when the radical National Guard, largely left-wing, refused to accept the authority of the…
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March 2021
Karl Marx and the Paris Commune
Marx's analysis of the Paris Commune is a shining example of the interplay between revolutionary theory and practice, argues Katherine Connelly
The Paris Commune made Karl Marx famous. After the workers of Paris took control of their city…
French mayors impose stricter rules for pesticides on farms
This article was last modified on March 9, 2021. The title and summary have been modified due to better accuracy for our readership. The mayors of 10 municipalities have introduced new regulations against the use of pesticides under local…
Hang In, Illinois, And Cap Interest Rates At 36% On Payday Loans | Editorial
Six years ago, Downstate Springfield woman Billie Aschmeller took out a short-term loan of $ 596 with an insane annual interest rate of 304%. Even if she repaid the loan within the two years required by her lender, her total bill…
Why your address in France may change
The slowness of responses from emergency services, home delivery delays and problems with installing fiber optic links mean that some addresses have to be changed to be more precise.Many communes, mostly rural, do not have street names or…
€ 150 assistance to access high-speed internet available in France
Owners and tenants can now benefit from a single payment of up to € 150 to improve access to very high speed in municipalities that do not yet benefit from an optical fiber connection and which should not do so. in the…