Anarchist FAQ/What is Anarchism?/5.7  From Wikibooks, open books
for an open world Jump to: navigation, search  A.5.7 The May-
June Revolt in France, 1968.  The May-June events in France
placed anarchism back on the radical landscape after a period in
which many people had written the movement off as dead. This
revolt of ten million people grew from humble beginnings.
Expelled by the university authorities of Nanterre in Paris for
anti-Vietnam War activity, a group of anarchists (including
Daniel Cohn-Bendit) promptly called a protest demonstration. The
arrival of 80 police enraged many students, who quit their
studies to join the battle and drive the police from the
university.  Inspired by this support, the anarchists seized the
administration building and held a mass debate. The occupation
spread, Nanterre was surrounded by police, and the authorities
closed the university down. The next day, the Nanterre students
gathered at the Sorbonne University in the centre of Paris.
Continual police pressure and the