Policemen and journalists with long years of experience of Paris riots almost disbelieved the evidence of their eyes as they viewed the scene of destruction. Facebook Twitter Pinterest A student is arrested by the police on the boulevard Saint Germain on 6 May 6 1968. Photograph: Jacques Marie/AFPPolicemen and journalists with long years of experience of Paris riots almost disbelieved the evidence of their eyes as they viewed the scene of destruction. The Guardian view: The Sorbonne students’ protest13 May 1968The street violence which has been raging in Paris is unlike anything seen in Western Europe since the end of the war. Students are unhappy about the size and impersonality of universities – “knowledge factories,” as its President once called the University of California.

Source: The Guardian April 06, 2018 09:22 UTC