Yuri Gagarin y la comuna de paris

H-France Review Nº 16 escribió:Through the 134 years since its brutal demise, the 1871 Paris Commune has remained steadfast in the historical imaginary. A shining, hopeful, yet tragic moment for the left, and a triumphantly quashed, nightmarish specter for the right, the Commune stands as a touchstone for movements and ideologies. Ranging from likening American Indians to savage Communards; to Teddy Roosevelt’s 1896 campaign threat that if elected, his opponent would govern with the vicious lawlessness of the Paris Commune; to the Communard flag’s accompanying Yuri Gagarin on the 1961 first human space flight; to the 1968 Prague Spring song “The Paris Commune is in Prague”; to the international Occupy movement’s many Commune references, the insurgency has retained its popular potency for both its champions and its disparagers.