May 68 - Wikipedia
WEBOn 6 May, the national student union, the Union Nationale des Étudiants de France (UNEF, the National Union of Students of France)—still France's largest student union today—and the union of university teachers called a march to …
Events of May 1968 | Background, Significance, & Facts
WEBevents of May 1968, student revolt that began in a suburb of Paris and was soon joined by a general strike eventually involving some 10 million workers. During much of May 1968, …
Mai 68 — Wikipédia
WEBLes événements de mai-juin 1968, ou plus brièvement Mai 68, désignent une période durant laquelle se déroulent, en France, des grandes manifestations ainsi qu'une grève générale et sauvage, accompagnée d'occupations d'usines et de bâtiments administratifs, de la généralisation de forums de discussions et propositions sociales et ...
May 1968: A Month of Revolution Pushed France Into the Modern …
WEBMay 5, 2018 · The day was May 3, 1968, and the events that ensued over the following month — mass protests, street battles and nationwide strikes — transformed France. It was not a political revolution in the...
In France, The Protests Of May 1968 Reverberate Today — And …
WEBMay 29, 2018 · May 1968 ushered in both the women's movement and the sexual revolution in France. Workers got higher salaries, better working conditions and stronger unions in response to their protest...
Fifty Years Later, France Is Still Debating the Legacy of Its 1968 ...
WEBMay 4, 2018 · The conflict between a diverse, anti-war left, and a tightening of law-and-order efforts on the right spread far beyond U.S. borders, notably coming to a head in France in May 1968. That’s when a...
Events of May 1968 - Aftermath, Influence, Legacy | Britannica
WEBEvents of May 1968 - Aftermath, Influence, Legacy: French society underwent measured and incremental change in the aftermath of the May revolt, initiating a transformation of everyday life. The sixty-eighters sought to unmask …
How the student riots of May 1968 brought France to the brink of …
WEBMay 5, 2018 · Fifty years ago today the streets of Paris staged a battle between 6,000 student demonstrators and 1,500 gendarmes – within days it had snowballed into civil dispute that saw 10 million French ...
May 1968: The French general strike that changed the world
WEBMay 11, 2018 · Civil unrest rocked much of the world in 1968 — with protests in Prague, Mexico City and Chicago — but it was in France that the revolts took hold, bringing the economy to a halt and even causing President Charles De Gaulle to flee the country.
The May Events Archive / événements de mai 1968
WEBThe May Events transformed the popular image of socialism in France, contributing to the collapse of moribund Stalinist and social democratic traditions, and prepared Mitterand's eventual victory as the first "socialist" President of the Fifth Republic.