On this day, 18 May 1968, the “Senegalese May ‘68” began in earnest when students began a “general strike” following a government cut to student grants. Despite violent police repression the movement grew over the next few days and eventually culminated in a workers’ general strike and winning many concessions. This is a short history of the movement: https://libcom.org/library/may-1968-senegal https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1127087677476381/?type=3
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