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The '''Paris Commune '''was a two-month long [radical socialist and
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revolutionary
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government](List_of_Libertarian_Socialist_Societies "wikilink") that
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ruled [Paris](France "wikilink") in
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[1871](Timeline_of_Libertarian_Socialism_in_Western_Europe "wikilink").
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## Crime
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According to Marx, crime was virtually absent in the commune, stating:
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> in fact, for the first time since the days of February 1848, the
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> streets of Paris were safe,and that without any
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> [police](police "wikilink") of any kind.“We hear no longer of
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> assassination, theft, and personal assault; it seems indeed as if the
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> police had dragged along with it to Versailles all its Conservative
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> friends.” Said a member of the Commune\[1\]
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## References
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<references />
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1. [Karl Marx](Karl_Marx "wikilink") (1871) - [The Civil War in
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France](The_Civil_War_in_France "wikilink") |