The crisis of May 1968 continued with sporadic violence in the aftermath, although most public and private workers returned to work in June. Three people were killed when police, students, and workers were involved in the incidents. The Paris Metropolitan Police and the French Republican Security Mobile were severely repressed from around 10 p.m. through the night on the streets, in riot cars, police stations, and in hospitals where many were injured. As a result, there was a lot of bloodshed among students and tourists at the night festival. There was no trial for the police or the protesters. The British and West German governments have filed formal protests against the obscene attack by police on two British schoolgirls at a police station.
The first university dispute erupted at the University of Nanterre, about 11 kilometers northwest of Paris. On May 2, the university was shut down by the police after about 150 students occupied it. On May 6, students and faculty members protested; about 1,600 police teargas shells were exchanged for about 48 hours with about 6,000 protesters on the cobblestones; on June 3, students demanded that the police remove the university and reopen it and drop criminal charges.
The May Crisis in France culminated in a student-led general strike in Paris, France, and a simultaneous uprising of workers or citizens in May 1968. The May Revolution, in French (Mai 68) and in English (May 68). The streets of Paris were rife with conflict between some 6,000 student protesters and about 1,500 police officers. Within days, some 10 million French workers joined the general strike, and the French economy became embroiled in civil strife that came to a halt. The abuses were televised and the unions decided to go on a general strike on May 13. By May 16, the unions had taken over about 50 factories across France. The number of workers who joined the strike snowballed after that, reaching about 10 million, about two-thirds of the total workforce.
