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From The Socialist newspaper, 16 April 2008

France 1968: month of revolution

Lessons of the general strike by Clare Doyle
With a new introduction, originally published in 1988.
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Brutal police repression of student demonstrations. Within days, 10 million French workers were on strike. factories occupied, red flags flown, the Internationalé ringing out in the streets of Paris. Even the armed forces were infected by the revolutionary mood. The future of French capitalism was in the balance!

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