May 68 events in France


France: 1968

In Paris in May 1968, massive confrontations between police and students brought workers out on a general strike and brought the government to the point of collapse.
The background to these events included: Collapse of the Bretton Woods Agreements, the successful Tet Offensive in Vietnam, the suppression of the Prague Spring, the growing influence of Maoism after the Sino-Soviet Split and the growth of Euro-communism, as well as the earlier crisis over Algeria.The May 1968 events in Paris would be followed by clashes between police and students on countries all around the world, and would have a lasting  impact.




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