HIST 276: France Since 1871
Lecture 23 - May 1968. The student protests of May 1968 in France were linked to international protests against the American war in Vietnam and other political and social consequences of the Cold War. In many respects, the terrible condition of many schools in France that led students to revolt remains a problem. Recent attempts to impose American-style reforms on the university system have met with protests that echo some of the demands made in '68; although, other conditions for revolution seem as though they may never again be realized in the same way. (from oyc.yale.edu)
| Lecture 23 - May 1968 |
| Time | Lecture Chapters |
| [00:00:00] | 1. A Protest around the World: The Revolutionary Moment of 1968 |
| [00:09:18] | 2. The Crisis in the French University System |
| [00:17:05] | 3. The Student Demonstrations |
| [00:26:34] | 4. The Workers' Strikes |
| [00:30:07] | 5. The Common Cause of Students and Workers: Against the Brutalization of Human Relations ... in the Capitalist Age of Technology |
| [00:41:41] | 6. The Inadequacy of the Gaullist Response: A Sincere Revolution without Direction |
| References |
| Lecture 23 - May 1968 Instructor: Professor John Merriman. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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