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Quote for June 2008

'May '68 was extremely important, without any doubt. It's certain that without May '68 I wouldn't have afterward done the work I did in regard to prison, delinquency, and sexuality. In the pre-1968 climate, that wasn't possible. ... Problems that in the past had not found any echo, with the exception of antipsychiatry, became current issues.'

Michel Foucault. (2000) [1980]. 'Interview with Michel Foucault'. In J. Faubion (ed.). Tr. Robert Hurley and others. Power The Essential Works of Michel Foucault 1954-1984. Volume Three. New York: New Press, p. 282.

This quote should have gone up last month to celebrate the 40th anniversary of May 1968 - but better late than never!

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