the uprising began on may 3rd the there was a lead editorial money to the french communist party newspaper that talked about was intitled the the fake revolutionaries to be unmasked attacking the students already had begun and there was with a famously called can be indeed a german anarchist there's a common deed is danny the red is the red headed the rid the leader and on terror right and who become the symbol full for good and evil of may 68 so so the work is really don't do anything in the in that 1st week and then on may 10th 1068 a friday night demonstration. goes on and ends with the famous night of the barricades the images that we have that are for example on the cover of the book where they're ripping down the trees the trees and burning cars and building barricades all through well for the most part on a couple of streets in the latin quarter. and so this goes on it's a violent night but this leaves the workers finally to say we need to join the fray they meet over the weekend and on may 13th the following monday a general strike is called although all is correct and. in many of

parliament today member of the european parliament elected on the slate of french president in your next was not the communist party central coetzee for joining us thank you and it's a pleasure to welcome here in berlin francisco bennett nationally is a member of the german bundestag and she is the green party spokeswoman for european policy initiatives in the southwest of france gentry be sociologist of the 1st book was once the students john spoke author of the revolution that wasn't out digital activism favors conservative and if you for joining us i happen to be here jen with more time to stroll or income women we've certainly been exposed to all kinds of ideas since it was then demi to go how much have kids spears your skinny traction. so conspiracy theories and so health news are something that seems you know of will the airwaves or means meet politicians crying crying foul whether in the us or france or elsewhere. but the reality is that fake news has always been around propaganda has always been around and yes there is an uptick in when people going on line for information because of course in teams worldwi