Real Democracy

Here is another in the occasional series of “Revolutionary Classics”. This time it’s about the Paris Commune of 1871. Suggestions for future texts in this series are welcome. The number of shack-dwellers in South Africa is rising faster with each passing year. It looks like the rate of increase of shacks is approaching 500 per day, while the number of shacks in Gauteng alone may be three-quarters of a million by now. Links: Civil War in France, C5, Paris Commune (8 pages) The rise and rise of SA shacks, Pressly, M and G (1 page)