A look at the events and some of the causes of the uprising in France in the Spring of 1968. Unfortuately, there is no mention of one of the driving forces of the uprising both before and during the revolt – the Situationist International. For more information check out the writings of the Situationists themselves. The Beginning of an Era www.bopsecrets.org May 1968 Documents www.bopsecrets.org The Joy of Revolution www.bopsecrets.org The Society of the Spectacle www.bopsecrets.org The Revolution of Everyday Life library.nothingness.org Enrages and Situationists in the Occupation Movement, France, May ’68 May 1968 Graffiti Boredom is counterrevolutionary. In a society that has abolished every kind of adventure the only adventure that remains is to abolish the society. Those who make revolutions halfway only dig their own graves. No replastering, the structure is rotten. We will ask nothing. We will demand nothing. We will take, occupy. Down with the state. It’s painful to submit to our bosses; it’s even more stupid to choose them. Abolish class society. We want neither to rule nor to be ruled. All power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely Politics is in the streets. Barricades close the streets but open the way. People who work get bored when they don’t work. People who don’t work never get bored. The boss needs you, you don’t need the boss. Humanity won’t be happy till the last capitalist is hung with the guts of the last bureaucrat. A single nonrevolutionary …

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