Editing George Sand (section)

===Political views===
Sand also wrote [[literary criticism]] and political texts. In her early life, she sided with the poor and working class as well as championing [[women's rights]]. When the [[French Revolution of 1848|1848 Revolution]] began, she was an ardent republican. Sand started her own newspaper, published in a workers' co-operative.{{Sfn | Paintault | Cerf | 2004}}

Politically, she became very active after 1841 and the leaders of the day often consulted with her and took her advice. She was a member of the provisional government of 1848, issuing a series of fiery manifestos. While many Republicans were imprisoned or went to exile after Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte's coup d'état of December 1851, she remained in France, maintained an ambiguous relationship with the new regime, and negotiated pardons and reduced sentences for her friends.<ref name="Eisler 2018" />

Sand was known for her implication and writings during the [[Paris Commune]] of 1871, where she took a position for the Versailles assembly against the [[communards]], urging them to take violent action against the rebels.<ref>{{Citation|last=Guillemin|first=Henri|title=Les archives de la RTS|url=https://www.rts.ch/archives/dossiers/henri-guillemin/3477764-la-commune-de-paris.html|contribution=La Commune de Paris|place=Switzerland|publisher=RTS|date=13 August 2009}}</ref> She was appalled by the violence of the Paris Commune, writing, "The horrible adventure continues. They ransom, they threaten, they arrest, they judge. They have taken over all the city halls, all the public establishments, they're pillaging the munitions and the food supplies."<ref>{{harvnb|Sand}}, edited by Pivot, Sylvain (2003)</ref>