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Occupy the Factories. Power to the Workers’ Councils. Down with Spectacular Commodity Society. Abolish Class Society. End the University. Live without Dead Time, Pleasure without Limits. Abolish Alienation. Death to Pigs. Also Liberate Those Four Who Were Condemned for Pillaging on 6 May.
Comité d’occupation de la Sorbonne
Nothing in the last twenty years has been so thoroughly coated in obedient lies as the history of May 1968.
Guy Debord, Commentaires sur la société du spectacle §6
Going from success to success, until 1968 modern society was convinced it was loved. It has since had to abandon these dreams; it prefers to be feared. It knows full well that “its innocent air has gone forever.”
Guy Debord, Commentaires sur la société du spectacle §30
From this day until the ending of the world of the spectacle, the month of May will never return without evoking memories of us.
Guy Debord, La société du spectacle
It is just as obvious that to completely destroy this society, we have to be ready to launch a dozen or more assaults as significant as May 1968, and be prepared to accept a certain number of defeats and civil wars as unfortunate but inevitable. The goals that count in history must be carried out with energy and determination.
Guy Debord, La société du spectacle
The extensive participation of women in all aspects of struggle was an unmistakable sign of its revolutionary depth.
Internationale situationniste #12
If rejecting survival made the 1968 movement, taking hold of life will open the era of universal self-management.
Raoul Vaneigem, Le livre des plaisirs
May 1968 marked a complete break with the majority of patriarchal values…
Raoul Vaneigem, Self-Portraits and Caricatures of the Situationist International
After May 68, the only pertinent step was self-dissolution!
Raoul Vaneigem, Self-Portraits and Caricatures of the Situationist International
We are conscious of the fact that we are beginning to produce our own history.
René Vienet, Enragés et situationnistes dans le mouvement des occupations
2025