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Manifesto of the Paris Commune
http://www.marxists.org/history/france/paris-commune/documents/manifesto.htmhttp://www.marxists.org/history/france/paris-commune/documents/manifesto.htm Year Published: 1871 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX7217 Published in Paris Libre, April 21, 1871. Abstract: Excerpt: Once again, Paris works and suffers for all of France, for whom it prepares, through its combats and sacrifices, the intellectual, moral, administrative and economic regeneration, its glory and prosperity. What does it ask for? The recognition and consolidation of the Republic, the only form of government compatible with the rights of the people and the normal and free development of society. The absolute autonomy of the Commune extended to all localities in France and assuring to each one its full rights, and to every Frenchman the full exercise of his faculties and abilities as man, citizen and producer. The only limit to the autonomy of the Commune should be the equal right to autonomy for all communes adhering to the contract, whose association shall insure French unity. The inherent rights of the Commune are: The vote on communal budgets, receipts and expenses; the fixing and distribution of taxes; the direction of public services; the organization of its magistracy, internal police and education; the administration of goods belonging to the Commune. The choice by election or competition of magistrates and communal functionaries of all orders, as well as the permanent right of control and revocation. The absolute guarantee of individual freedom and freedom of conscience. The permanent intervention of citizens in communal affairs by the free manifestation of their ideas, the free defense of their interests, with guarantees given for these manifestations by the Commune, which alone is charged with overseeing and assuring the free and fair exercise of the right to gather and publicize. The organization of urban defense and the National Guard, which elects its chiefs and alone watches over the maintenance of order in the city. Subject Headings |