ISIS on the offensive in Iraq

[Seamus Fermanagh]

1848 failed.

1848 created the foundation for both organized labour and universal suffrage, two of the most important components in a fair and civilized world.

1848 was a complete failure and a huge success.

Not sure I would go with huge success, though it is clear that a number of improvements resulted from that series of ad hoc revolutions including some growth in trade unionism. I would point to the aftermath of the Commune in 1871 -- it strikes me that more efforts at reform legislation (to undercut another such worker's revolution) were enacted in many places following this episode.