Parisian Metallurgists in May 1968 - Michael Seidman

Down with infernal work rhythms - May 1968 poster

Down with infernal work rhythms - May 1968 poster

Michael Seidman shows how workers acted differently from the way they are usually portrayed in leftist and anarchist accounts of May 1968.

'Down with infernal work rhythms' - May 1968 poster

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