France 1968

Content about the mass uprising in France in May 1968.

Barricade in St Germaine, May 68, photographer unknown

Barricade in St Germaine, May 68, photographer unknown

France 1968: reading guide

Libcom.org's reading guide on the events in May 1968 which saw students occupying the universities, intense fighting in the streets and a general…

France 1968 photo gallery

Photographs of the uprising and general strike in May 68 in France.

The occupied French Football Federation

Football to the footballers! - Footballers' Action Committee

In the insurgent Paris of 1968 when millions of workers were on strike, the students had occupied…

Catastrophism, disaster management and sustainable submission - Rene Riesel and Jaime Semprun

In this book first published in 2008, Jaime Semprun and René Riesel examine the…

May 68

Enragés and Situationists in the Occupations Movement

This work was written collectively by the Situationist International in the immediate aftermath of…

Ernest Coeurderoy

'Terrorism or Revolution' An Introduction to Ernest Coeurderoy - Raoul Vaneigem

In this introduction to the work of Ernest Coeurderoy written in 1972, Raoul Vaneigem offers his…

History of ten years - Encyclopedie des Nuisances

Analysis of the outbreaks of class struggle in Portugal, Spain, Italy and Poland that took place between 1974 and 1984, published by the…

Paris 68 posters

Image gallery of dozens of posters from the uprising which began in May 1968 in Paris, with English translations. Most of these posters were created by a collective of radical artists based…

Pond Hopping

tale of exile by frog

The Ideology and Practice of Contestation seen through Recent Events in France - Richard Gombin

Richard Gombin writes on class struggle and the libertarian movement in France in…

May-June 1968 - A Situation Lacking in Workers' Autonomy

Mouvement Communiste's detailed history and analysis of the movement of May-June 1968 in France.

Down with infernal work rhythms - May 1968 poster

Parisian Metallurgists in May 1968 - Michael Seidman

Michael Seidman shows how workers acted differently from the way they are usually portrayed in…