CARME CENTER. Museum, 2
The May riots 68 They were not flowery and friendly at all.. Violent clashes broke out between students and police, there was blood, seriously injured, burned cars, barricades and throwing cobblestones that (in addition to covering the beach sand) served to intimidate Georges Pompidou's police. It's what, thanks to him French Institute of Valencia, reveals to us the photographic collection of the conservative newspaper of the time France-Soir, that during those gruesome weeks he sent twenty photographers onto the streets to cover a historic event that brought feminism into debate, abortion or the minimum wage. fifty years later, the may of 68 continues to teach us that without struggle, there are no social achievements. S.M.
