Besançon Commune

The Besançon Commune (in french Commune de Besançon) was a short-lived revolutionary movement conceived and developed in 1871, aiming at the proclamation of a local autonomous power based on Lyon and Paris experiences. It originates from sociological upheavals which metamorphosed the city · , and with the emergence of unions including a section of IWA in connection with the future Jura Federation · · · · . The Franco-Prussian War, the fall of the Second Empire, and the advent of the Third Republic, precipitate events · . While many notables testify to an insurrectional context and armed support from Switzerland is getting organized · · , the correspondence left by James Guillaume and Mikhail Bakunin · attest to a planned release between the end of May and the beginning of June 1871. H

Besançon Commune

The Besançon Commune (in french Commune de Besançon) was a short-lived revolutionary movement conceived and developed in 1871, aiming at the proclamation of a local autonomous power based on Lyon and Paris experiences. It originates from sociological upheavals which metamorphosed the city · , and with the emergence of unions including a section of IWA in connection with the future Jura Federation · · · · . The Franco-Prussian War, the fall of the Second Empire, and the advent of the Third Republic, precipitate events · . While many notables testify to an insurrectional context and armed support from Switzerland is getting organized · · , the correspondence left by James Guillaume and Mikhail Bakunin · attest to a planned release between the end of May and the beginning of June 1871. H