Blanqui

British  

/ blɑ̃kɪ /

noun

1. Louis Auguste ( French lwi oɡyst). 1805–81, French revolutionary, who organized secret socialist societies and preached violent insurrection; he spent over 30 years in prison

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Blanqui

Blanqui, Pyat, & Co. never forgave Favre, Gambetta, & Co. for having forestalled them, and, above all, for not having shared the proceeds of the spoil.

From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.

Blanqui, transported to the Fort du Taureau, was rigorously kept in solitary confinement.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by P. Lissagary

Blanqui used to say—according to Kropotkin—that there were in Paris fifty thousand men ready at any moment for an insurrection.

From Violence and the Labor Movement by Robert Hunter

Is there any more legitimate father of anarchy than Blanqui?

From Socialism and the Social Movement in the 19th Century by Werner Sombart

A newspaper this morning makes the excellent suggestion that M. Blanqui, M.F.

From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Henry Labouchere

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