The French Revolution

Revolutionary Left Radio

Breht O'Shea

Communism, Politics, Liberalism, Society & Culture, Philosophy, News, History, Leftwing, Socialism, Marxism

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🗓️ 29 August 2022

⏱️ 146 minutes

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Summary

Stella joins Breht to discuss (and put a unique communist spin) on the great French Revolution!

Together, they discuss the conditions that led to the revolution, the major events and figures of the Revolution, the importance of mass mobilization for any authentic revolution, the so-called Reign of Terror, Maximilien Robespierre, Jean-Paul Marat, the Guillotine, the role of women, Babeuf and the Conspiracy of Equals, the Thermidorian Reaction and the end of the Revolution, the response to the Rev by the rest of monarchical Europe, and why communists today should value this bourgeois revolution and even see it as a part of our egalitarian and revolutionary tradition!

Rev Left's "Haitian Revolution" episode: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/the-haitian-revolution

Rev Left's "Paris Commune" episode: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/the-paris-commune-a-brief-blossoming-of-proletarian-power

Clips included in this episode are from TDC - The World History Documentaries 'The French Revolution':

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9RJz8LLhZQ

Outro music "The Guillotine" by The Coup

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0:00.0	At the height of the 18th century, the most glorious kingdom in Europe would face a mighty
0:10.2	foe, the power of its own people.
0:16.1	One man would rise to inspire the nation, to cast aside a reluctant king and a hated
0:22.3	queen, and a new republic would be born in blood, the blood of the French Revolution.
0:29.5	Hello everybody and welcome back to RevLeft Radio.
0:40.5	Today I genuinely have a treat for you.
0:43.1	We had a wonderful guest on my friend Stella to cover the French Revolution in detail
0:49.9	and to make an argument that the French Revolution is fundamentally a part of our socialist
0:55.1	communist and revolutionary left-wing tradition.
0:59.6	This is a really fascinating period in history and we go through it in great detail.
1:06.4	I could not have asked for a better guest to just summarize this stuff with such accessibility
1:11.0	and such fluency.
1:12.5	It really was an impressive feat on behalf of my guest.
1:16.0	Loved prepping for this episode.
1:17.3	I loved having the conversation.
1:18.9	I want to do more work on this front.
1:21.0	I would love to do entire episodes on like Rousseau who we mentioned as a sort of prelude
1:26.4	thinker to the French Revolution as well as what came after.
1:29.4	The French Revolution namely Napoleon and the Napoleonic Wars in Europe.
1:33.4	The entire piece of history is utterly fascinating to me and I have a great guest to cover it.
1:39.6	As always if you like what we do here at RevLeft Radio you can always support us by going
1:44.0	to patreon.com forward slash RevLeft Radio becoming a member in exchange for a couple
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