Playwright Portrait, Steve Cosson, Excerpt from Paris Commune

The Playwright Steve Cosson, 2006

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Paris Commune

LOUISE MICHEL

Citizens! Power shared is true freedom. It is time that fraternity replaces charity, and federation replaces hierarchy! If I were the only person saying all this, people could say that I was a pathological case. But there are thousands of us now, millions, none of whom gives a damn about authority. You see? Do you see?! It’s a simple thing. Don’t beg for your place in the world, take it!