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| − | ''' | + | '''François-Noël Babeuf''' (23 November 1760 – 27 May 1797), also known as '''Gracchus Babeuf''', was a political agitator within Revolutionary France and a key member of the Conspiracy of Equals. Babeuf is often considered to have been the first communist,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=QGcaAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA51 The Last Episode of the French Revolution: Being a History of Gracchus Babeuf and the Conspiracy of the Equals]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=m6kgAQAAIAAJ&q=Francois-Noel+Babeuf+communism Communism: The Story of the Idea and Its Implementation]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=MjjTt-TITcUC&pg=PA26 Communism]</ref> and is referenced by [[Karl Marx]] in Chapter III of [[The Communist Manifesto]]. |
| − | Babeuf | + | Gracchus Babeuf wrote the newsletter ''Le tribun du peuple'' ("the tribune of the people"), which advocated for the poor and called for a popular revolt. His views specifically were also later adopted by the [[communist]]s and the [[anarchist]]s, and was even considered to be the first communist, predating [[Karl Marx]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=QGcaAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA51 The Last Episode of the French Revolution: Being a History of Gracchus Babeuf and the Conspiracy of the Equals]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=m6kgAQAAIAAJ&q=Francois-Noel+Babeuf+communism Communism: The Story of the Idea and Its Implementation]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=MjjTt-TITcUC&pg=PA26 Communism]</ref> He ultimately was killed after trying to instigate a revolt against the French Directory, despite his fellow Jacobins trying to save him. Despite this, however, Marx referenced him in Chapter III of the Communist Manifesto. |
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| + | Gracchus Babeuf was part of a planned line of statues, the Monumental Propaganda, commemorating various other French Revolutionary figures such as [[Maximilien de Robespierre]], [[Georges Danton]] and [[Jean-Paul Marat]], that were to be made shortly after the [[October Revolution]] in Russia. However, his statue was never completed. | ||
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Revision as of 05:08, May 20, 2018
François-Noël Babeuf (23 November 1760 – 27 May 1797), also known as Gracchus Babeuf, was a political agitator within Revolutionary France and a key member of the Conspiracy of Equals. Babeuf is often considered to have been the first communist,[1][2][3] and is referenced by Karl Marx in Chapter III of The Communist Manifesto.
Gracchus Babeuf wrote the newsletter Le tribun du peuple ("the tribune of the people"), which advocated for the poor and called for a popular revolt. His views specifically were also later adopted by the communists and the anarchists, and was even considered to be the first communist, predating Karl Marx.[4][5][6] He ultimately was killed after trying to instigate a revolt against the French Directory, despite his fellow Jacobins trying to save him. Despite this, however, Marx referenced him in Chapter III of the Communist Manifesto.
Gracchus Babeuf was part of a planned line of statues, the Monumental Propaganda, commemorating various other French Revolutionary figures such as Maximilien de Robespierre, Georges Danton and Jean-Paul Marat, that were to be made shortly after the October Revolution in Russia. However, his statue was never completed.
See also
References
- ↑ The Last Episode of the French Revolution: Being a History of Gracchus Babeuf and the Conspiracy of the Equals
- ↑ Communism: The Story of the Idea and Its Implementation
- ↑ Communism
- ↑ The Last Episode of the French Revolution: Being a History of Gracchus Babeuf and the Conspiracy of the Equals
- ↑ Communism: The Story of the Idea and Its Implementation
- ↑ Communism
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