At first glance, May 68 appears to have spontaneously begun with student protests, and then accidentally turned into a political crisis that not only paralyzed the nation but almost overthrew the de Gaulle government.1968 was a year of social revolt that saw the culmination of student protests throughout the western society. ... In a very brief time, three times more workers were on strike in France than during the Popular Front in 1936 (Ross 4). ... The historian Eric Hobsbawn takes a more cautious view, describing the events of May 1968 as `neither an end nor a beginning, but only a s...

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When a child opens his first puzzle and the pieces fall to the ground, it may seem very confusing. What are they supposed to do with this pile of shapes in front of them? It often takes a parent to explain to them that all the different pieces fit together into one whole picture. Although every piec...

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The German Labor Front controlled the jobs that the working class were able to have. ... The debt that was quickly collecting emphasized the gap between western success and European success. The revolution began with scholars realizing that in order to be successful, European society had to be modeled after Western society to become internationalized. ...

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