The Paris Commune in Britain
Tue 2 Feb · Venue to be confirmed
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Author Laura Forster will speak about her new book on The Paris Commune in Britain, Radicals, Refugees, and Revolutionaries after 1871 On-line Socialist History Society meeting Tuesday 2 February 2027 at 7pm All welcome, but you will need to register in advance:- https://ucl.zoom.us/meeting/register/8weQ3uoXSuSAe9Fxbg98Vw Following the defeat of the Paris Commune in May 1871, thousands of Commune militants fled France to avoid imprisonment, deportation, or death. As a result, and due in large part to Britain’s liberal asylum policy, around 3500 refugees arrived in Britain in the early 1870s.
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