The Mouvement du 22 Mars (Movement of 22 March) was a French student movement at the
University of Nanterre founded on 22 March 1968, which carried out a prolonged occupation of the university's administration building. Among its principal leaders was
Daniel Cohn-Bendit
Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit (; ; born 4 April 1945) is a French-German politician of Jewish descent. He was a student leader during the unrest of May 1968 in France and was also known during that time as ''Dany le Rouge'' (French for "Danny the Red" ...
. After occupying the building, the school dean called the police, and a public scuffle ensued that garnered the movement media and intellectual attention.
This event was one of a series of clashes that led to the nationwide protests in
May 1968
The following events occurred in May 1968:
May 1, 1968 (Wednesday)
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in
France
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.
The events of 22 March became the subject of
Robert Merle
Robert Merle (; 28 August 1908 – 27 March 2004) was a French novelist.
Early life
Merle was born in 1908 in Tébessa, French Algeria. His father Félix, who was an interpreter "with a perfect knowledge of literary and spoken Arabic", was kille ...
's 1970 novel ''Derrière la vitre'' (published in the US in 1972 as ''Behind the Glass'').
See also
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Protests of 1968
The protests of 1968 comprised a worldwide escalation of social conflicts, predominantly characterized by popular rebellions against state militaries and the bureaucracies.
In the United States, these protests marked a turning point for the ci ...
References
1968 in France
May 1968 events in France
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