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Geneva
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posted 21 April 2008 12:38 AM

coming up to 40-year anniversary of the events of May 1968, and the Nouvel Obs magazine is running a daily news review of day-by-day events from the press of April-May 1968:
http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/speciales/le_quotidien_de_1968/

major events leading up to May include German student movement, disruption of student assemblies by right-wing groups, and strikes at Nanterre campus with Daniel Cohn-Bendit

but some of the most interesting stuff includes the other daily French press items from that time:
dispute between US and Vietnam over place in list of countries to hold talks (France not included):
Vietnam talks
, S. Africa announcing it will not go to Mexico Olympics, Air France first accepting Visa card (up to 3,000 francs), De Gaulle vs. the US, etc etc

I will post these regularly this month

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lagatta
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posted 21 April 2008 01:53 AM

I'm glad you are not restricting 1968 to France - remember the Prague Spring, the Mexican student uprising (that and the Black Power US athletes got in the crosshairs of the Olympics), a lesser known student and popular uprising in Pakistan (see Tariq Ali's recent article in the Guardian), and much more.

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Geneva
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posted 29 April 2008 04:53 AM

beginning of student-worker temporary alliance

VERY temporary ... different worlds of aspiration

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Ken Burch
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posted 29 April 2008 06:48 AM

The French Communists killed the alliance, which rank and file workers supported, because the PCF couldn't tolerate a genuine revolution that they couldn't control. It was the cynicism of the PCF leadership, not differences between students and workers.

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lagatta
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posted 29 April 2008 07:11 AM

That is for sure, especially with massification of the university at the time. Before, only a small elite could attend. Most uni grads would become "salariés".

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al-Qa'bong
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posted 02 May 2008 08:43 PM

Ecoutez mai '68

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jeff house
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posted 09 May 2008 09:30 AM

So why did the Communist Party of France fail to support the students?

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Caissa
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posted 09 May 2008 09:39 AM

Because they had a vested interest in the status quo as does any parliamentary party.

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jeff house
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posted 09 May 2008 11:56 AM

Well, that hardly seems fair. Many Parliamentary parties have supported revolutionary activities in the streets. Perhaps you have heard of Allende? Chavez?

so, perhaps there is another reason.

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