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When poetry ruled the streets : the French May events of 1968

Title
  1. When poetry ruled the streets : the French May events of 1968 / Andrew Feenberg and Jim Freedman ; with a foreword by Douglas Kellner.
Published by
  1. Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, [2001], ©2001.
Author
  1. Feenberg, Andrew.

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Additional authors
  1. Freedman, Jim.
Description
  1. xxiv, 192 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm
Summary
  1. "More than a history, this book is a passionate reliving of the French May Events of 1968. The authors, ardent participants in the movement in Paris, documented the unfolding events as they pelted the police and ran from the tear gas grenades. Their account is imbued with the impassioned efforts of the students to ignite political awareness throughout society. Feenberg and Freedman select documents, graffiti, brochures, and posters from the movement and use them as testaments to a very different and exciting time. Their commentary, informed by the subsequent development of French culture and politics, offers useful background information and historical context for what may be the last great revolutionary challenge to the capitalist system."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  1. Riots > Paris > History > 20th century
  2. College students > History > France > 20th century
  3. Working class > History > Paris > 20th century
  4. General Strike, France, 1968
  5. Radicalism > France > History > 20th century
  6. Paris (France) > History > 1944-
  7. France > Politics and government > 1958-
Contents
  1. Foreword / Douglas Kellner -- 1. What Happened in May: A Chronicle / Andrew Feenberg and Jim Freedman -- Pt. I. Students versus Society -- La Phase Nanterroise -- Friday Red I -- The Concept of Cobblestones -- The Long Trek and a Short Truce -- The Grand Deception -- Friday Red II -- Monday, May 13 -- Pt. II. Society versus the State -- From the Sorbonne to Renault - Students and Workers -- A La Sorbonne -- Au Theatre de l'Odeon -- A la Television -- The Government -- Triangle of Contention -- Friday Red III -- De Gaulle or Not de Gaulle -- Pt. III. The Last Act -- Workers versus Negotiations -- The Gaullist Gap -- CGT and Communists Re-Revolutionize -- The Return of Cohn-Bendit -- The End of May -- The Aftermath -- 2. Documents of the May Movement / Andrew Feenberg -- Essay I. Technocracy and Student Revolt -- The Texts -- The Amnesty of Blinded Eyes -- Address to All Workers -- Join the Revolutionary Commune of the Imagination -- Essay II. In the Service of the People -- The Texts -- The "In-House" Strike at the Ministry of Urban Affairs -- Research Bureaus: Wall-to-Wall Carpeting and Revolution -- Journal of a Neighborhood Action Committee -- Essay III. The Worker-Student Alliance -- The Texts -- The Students at Flins -- The People's Studio -- Essay IV. Self-Management: Strategy and Goal -- The Texts -- The Revolutionary Action Committee of the Sorbonne -- The University as a Red Base -- Nantes: A Whole Town Discovers the Power of the People -- From Roadblocks to Self-Defense.
Owning institution
  1. Columbia University Libraries
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-188) and index.