by Louis-Auguste Blanqui (1830)

A draft proclamation written during the July Revolution of 1830, never officially issued. Seven terse articles ordering the mobilization of the people of Paris: all men 16–30 to the Hotel de Ville, barricades every 50 meters, paving stones to the upper floors, armorers to deliver their weapons. It reads like a field manual distilled to its essence — the revolutionary imagination reduced to pure operational clarity.

Translated by Mitch Abidor for marxists.org. Source: Ecrits sur la revolution, Ed. Galilee, Paris, 1977. Creative Commons (Attribute & ShareAlike).

Art 1 — All citizens from 16 to 50 years of age are called upon for the defense of the fatherland and of freedom.

Art 2 — Men between 16–30 years of age, armed or unarmed, are to report to the Place de l'Hotel de Ville in order to be organized in battalions.

Art 3 — Men between 30–50 shall remain in their neighborhoods in order to prepare resistance there.

Art 4 — Barricades shall be constructed every 50 meters on all streets. The stones should be removed and on the principal streets the stones should be taken to the upper floors in order to be thrown at the troops of Charles X.

Art 5 — Former military men, officers, non-commissioned officers and soldiers are called to the Hotel de Ville in order to form the cadres of the popular battalions.

Art 6 — Commissions will be established for: 1 — provisioning, 2 — armament, 3 — supplying of ammunition. Citizens capable of fulfilling these functions are asked to present themselves to the Hotel de Ville.

Art 7 — Armorers shall deliver firearms, powder and bullets found in their stores to the people. The state will reimburse them for the price of these objects with a 25% bonus for the risks involved.

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Project for a Revolutionary Proclamation (Call to Arms), by Louis-Auguste Blanqui, 1830.

Translated from French by Mitch Abidor for the Marxists Internet Archive (marxists.org). Source: Ecrits sur la revolution, presentee et annotee par A. Munster, Ed. Galilee, Paris, 1977. Creative Commons (Attribute & ShareAlike).

Compiled and formatted for the Good Work Library by the New Tianmu Anglican Church, 2026.

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