Sunday, May 6, 2018

And in 1968


Riots broke out in Paris.

On this day in 1968 the Union Nationale des Étudiants de France, France's largest student union and the union of university teachers marched against police actions at the Sorbonne in numbers that were around 20,000 strong.  At the Sorbonne the French police charged with batons.  Some protesters barricaded themselves in defense at that point, and the police made use of tear gas.  There were numerous arrests.

But what was it all about?

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