Timeline Tuesday 30 May 1871

Events on Tuesday 30 May 1871 1

• 1871 The Civil War in France Response to the Paris Commune Following the brief and bloody Paris Commune of 1871, Marx wrote "The Civil War in France" for the International Workingmen's Association, defending the Commune as a model of proletarian self-governance despite its defeat. The pamphlet enhanced Marx's notoriety across Europe as the intellectual figurehead of international revolutionary socialism.