1789 ⟶ Desmoulins Publishes Pro-Mob Pamphlet 'Discours de la lanterne'
September 15: Desmoulins publishes Discours de la lanterne a...
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1789
1790
📢 Desmoulins Publishes Pro-Mob Pamphlet 'Discours de la lanterne'
September 15: Desmoulins publishes Discours de la lanterne aux Parisiens, a radical pamphlet justifying political violence and exalting the Parisian mob.⟶
French RevolutionRadicalismPolitical PamphletViolenceMob RuleDesmoulinsParisPropagandaPublic OpinionRevolutionary Journalism
📢 Marat's Call for Radical Revolution
August 7: Publication of "A plot uncovered to lull the people to sleep" by Jean-Paul Marat, denouncing the reforms of August 4 as insufficient and demanding a much more radical revolution. Marat quickly becomes the voice of the most turbulent sans-culottes faction of the Revolution.⟶
Jean-Paul MaratRadicalismSans-culottesPolitical PamphletAugust 4 ReformsFrench RevolutionPublic OpinionPolitical PolarizationRevolutionary JournalismVoice of the People
📰 Desmoulins' Newspaper Begins Publication, Attacks Royalists
November 28: First issue of Desmoulins' weekly Histoire des Révolutions de France et de Brabant, savagely attacking royalists and aristocrats.⟶
French RevolutionJournalismPropagandaPolitical SatireRadicalismRoyalistsAristocratsPressDesmoulins
📰 Marat Resumes L'Ami du Peuple Publication
May 18: Marat returns to Paris and resumes publication of L'Ami du people.⟶
MaratL'Ami du PeupleJournalismPressPropagandaRadicalismFrench RevolutionParisPoliticsPublic Opinion