18.3.1871 Paris

Shelton Stromquist: The Paris Commune Was a Unique Experiment in Running a City for Its People

– https://jacobin.com/2023/03/paris-commune-anniversary-municipal-socialism-leftist-memory

On this day in 1871, the Paris Commune began its brief history before a conservative government drowned it in blood. While it lasted, the Commune sketched out a new way to run a major city based on democracy and the public good, not private profiteering.