Jean-Baptiste Clément

Jean-Baptiste Clément (31 May, 1836, Seine – 23 February, 1903, Paris) was a French chansonnier, journalist, socialist activist and communard.

He soon began to become active in socialist circles as a journalist and became associated with prominent activists such as Jules Vallès.

[2][3] He returned to Paris and continued his activism against the Second French Empire which eventually got him arrested and imprisoned in the Sainte-Pélagie Prison.

After the fall of the Commune he managed to flee Paris and through Belgium he settled in Britain for a short time.

[5] Clément participated in the founding of the Revolutionary Socialist Workers' Party of Jean Allemane.