That Unforgettable May...

With Prelude to Revolution: France in May 1968 again in bookstores, we will be presenting here some related articles by the author, including dispatches written as the Events unfolded, analysis in the immediate aftermath and reports from France at those moments in ensuing decades when the spirit of '68 again seemed to be in the air.


From The Economist

Paris burns
May 11, 1968

France's cultural revolution
May 18, 1968

A revolution set alight by students, snuffed out by communists
May 25, 1968

The general charges into battle
June 1, 1968

From general strike to general elections
June 8, 1968

Is it the end of the popular front?
June 22, 1968

The end of the first act, not the final curtain
July 6, 1968

Ayes to the left, noes to the right
August 31, 1968

Will this keep the students quiet?
October 5, 1968

That's France's left, that was
October 12, 1968

From general down to sergeant
November 30, 1968

The price of the franc
December 7, 1968

The good things get broken, too
December 21, 1968



From the International Socialist Journal

Hope Was Reborn in May
July 1968



From The Nation

The American Nightmare
June 22, 1970

It's Only a Beginning
March 6, 1972

The Politics and the Pity
May 12, 1979

May in December
December 20, 1986

The Ghosts of May
May 31, 1993

The Big Non!
December 25, 1995

Seattle From the Seine
January 3, 2000