 Anarchists participated actively in the establishment of the Paris Commune.They included "Louise Michel, the Reclus brothers, and Eugène Varlin (the latter executed in the repression afterwards).As for the reforms initiated by the Commune, such as the re-opening of workplaces as co-operatives, anarchists could see their ideas of associated labour beginning to be realised...Moreover, the Commune's ideas on federation obviously reflected the influence of Proudhon on French radical ideas.