France 1968

Archive of articles on the events in May 1968 which led to a general strike of ten million workers and near revolution in France.

Lyotard, Jean-Francois, 1924-1998

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A short account of academic Jean-Francois Lyotard's time as a revolutionary libertarian socialist.

The post-modern French philosopher who died on April 21 is of little interest to us as revolutionaries. We wish to recall his time as a revolutionary before the pressures of a career and the ebbing of post 1968 hopes turned him into a darling of the sociologists.

Khanifar, Gerard Ali, 1950-1997

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A short biography of French anarchist and Michelin worker Gerard Ali Khanifar.

This French comrade of Arab origin has died on 21 February 1997. Born on 10 August 1950 he went to the schools organised by Michelin for their workers.

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