Fires and armed cops outside the stock exchange during Paris May Days, 1968.
Today in #LaborHistory 5/24/1968: Protesters in #Paris set #StockExchange on fire. During #MayDays, the state mustered 20,000 troops to take hold of Paris with force. #Police occupied TV stations & Post Offices. #Communist Party officials tried to force strikers back to work.
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