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Mark Harrison, member of CS and the Commune, gives an overview of the 1968 uprising in France and discusses its weaknesses and lessons for today. This presentation was part of Manchester Communist Students’ series on revolutionary France, a month long series of open meetings starting with the Paris Commune, followed by the French Resistance and 1968 and ending with a look at the New Anti-Capitalist Party.