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In 1871, Bakunin wrote: "[R]evolutionary socialism [i.e. anarchism] has just attempted its first striking and practical demonstration in the Paris Commune." How true is this? Is it accurate to describe the Paris Commune as the first anarchist social and political experiment in history?

by /u/We-Bash-The-Fash in /r/AskHistorians

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