May 68: when students and workers shook the world

29/08/2025 21 min Episodio 203
May 68: when students and workers shook the world

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Episode Synopsis

Julie Monteiro tells how students and workers turned France upside down, with student protests helping trigger a 10 million-strong general strike. She looks at how the ruling class was able to reestablish "order" and discusses the political lessons we can draw today.
about May 68.
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This talk was delivered at Solidarity's Melbourne branch on 31 July 2025.