Thursday, 10 April 2025

The Revolutionary press

The Communist for 27th March features an article by Jonathan Hinckley on French Revolutionary journalism, one of a series which discusses the development revolutionary press. 

"We can learn much from the press of Marat and Hébert. Like theirs, our paper must act as a tribune of the masses, one which can organise revolutionaries around a programme of action, and answer the question ‘what is to be done?’ at each stage of the class struggle."

History of the Revolutionary Press: The Great French Revolution | The Communist

Great stuff!  

 Here is a useful bibliography of English-language sources on Revolutionary journalism::
Journalism of the French Revolution | Guided History (Boston University)

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