MAY 1968

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MAY 1968

• Juliana Santos,
• Maria Carolina Bichara
• e
• Pedro Queiroz
• Turma 201

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• Some philosophers and historians said that the
  rebellion was the most important revolutionary
  event of the twentieth century, because was not
  due to a limited section of the population, as
  workers or minorities, but a popular uprising
  which overcame ethnic barriers, cultural, age and
  class.

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• In 1968, dissatisfied with the rigid discipline,
  school curricula and conservative academic
  structure, students in Paris organized protests
  that lead to the occupation of the University of
  Nanterre (west of Paris) on March 23. They also
  challenge the social and political situation of
  the country and the government of General Charles
  de Gaulle, because of wear caused by the war of
  independence in Algeria.

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• Among the slogans created is Forbidden Banning,
  The Power Is in the Streets and The Imagination
  in power.

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• Influenced by students, workers held protests in
  Paris, occupying factories and organizing
  movements and strikes. On May 6 the confrontation
  occurs between 13 thousand young people and
  police. The police launched tear gas bombs,
  answered with stones by young people. At first,
  the French government gets paralyzed. But the
  situation is controlled by the end of May, with
  violent repression. There are more than 1.5
  thousand injured. The government of De Gaulle,
  shaken, maintains itself in power only until
  April 1969.

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• The events in Paris are part of a larger movement
  to challenge that occurs in several countries of
  the West, such as Germany, Italy, Belgium,
  Holland (Netherlands), Switzerland, Denmark,
  Spain, United Kingdom, Poland, Mexico, Argentina
  and Chile. Young people and workers protesting
  against the post-war situation, the wars and
  occupations. In criticism, in general, there is a
  mixture of political radicalism and irreverence,
  which accuses both capitalism and socialism.