The Red Clubs of the French Revolutionary Movement

Vigilance committees were well on their way to becoming a shadow unofficial government of paris that would combine with other ingredients in march of 18 71 to become the paris commune. Political clubs sprouted up as one of the few places one could go for an interesting and stimulating good time. While paris was organizing itself, the government of national defense was trying to run a war completely blind and cut off from the rest of france. A photographer and balloon buff felix nada proposed loading up one of his balloons with letters and sailing it over the blockade. He eventually received permission for this kind of hare brained scheme,. On september 20 third, he launched the first