In May 1968, inspired at least in part by the Columbia uprising, students
and workers in France staged a general strike along with occupations of
universities and factories all over the country. In June some of the French
students came to visit us, one of them stayed with me, gave me some of
Sorbonne posters, and cooked some delicious meals. See the Wikipedia
article, May 1968
events in France.
Typical posters from the Atelier Populaire ("Ex-Ecole des Beaux Arts"), the
Sorbonne, Paris, May 1968, printed for the 1968 worker/student rebellion that
shut down most of France and eventually ended General De Gaulle's political
career (the General had called the rebels "shit in the bed"; a poster not
shown here had the General in profile with the legend, "Le Chien-Lit C'est
Encore Lui", or words to that effect). Many posters were distributed at
Columbia by French students, who cited the Columbia rebellion as an
inspiration. The ones above were found on the Web; the one at left was
on my apartment wall until it crumbled.
Typical posters from the Atelier Populaire ("Ex-Ecole des Beaux Arts"), the
Sorbonne, Paris, May 1968, printed for the 1968 worker/student rebellion that
shut down most of France and eventually ended General De Gaulle's political
career (the General had called the rebels "shit in the bed"; a poster not
shown here had the General in profile with the legend, "Le Chien-Lit C'est
Encore Lui", or words to that effect). Many posters were distributed at
Columbia by French students, who cited the Columbia rebellion as an
inspiration. The ones above were found on the Web; the one at left was
on my apartment wall until it crumbled.