17 agos 1870 anni - Marx on Franco-Prussian War & Pre-Paris Commune:
Marx thought the war would provide the
opportunity for revolution. He told Engels: "I
have been totally unable to sleep for four
nights now, on account of the rheumatism and
I spend this time in fantasies about Paris, etc."
"I wish this because the definite defeat of
Bonaparte is likely to provoke Revolution in
France, while the definite defeat of Germany
would only protract the present state of things
for twenty-years.