Apr 29, 2025
ORIGINALLY RELEASED Aug 29,
2022
The
rallying cry of liberty,
equality, and fraternity echoed through the streets of
revolutionary France—and still reverberates through history. In
this episode, we examine the French Revolution as a foundational
rupture in world history, one that shattered the old feudal order
and set the stage for modern capitalism, liberal democracy, and the
revolutionary tradition from which subsequent socialist and
communist movements would draw inspiration. From the class uprising
of the sans-culottes to the radical egalitarian vision of the
Jacobins, and from the fall of the monarchy to the rise of
Napoleon, we follow the dialectical unfolding of hope and horror,
progress and betrayal. What did the revolution achieve, where did
it fall short, and what lessons can today’s revolutionaries draw
from the fire that consumed the Ancien Régime?
Stella joins Breht to discuss (and put a unique
communist spin) on the great French Revolution!
Check out our Haitian Revolution
episode HERE
Check out our Paris Commune episode
HERE
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