57 years ago today, May 30, 1968 (May 4, 1968 in the lunar calendar), protesters paralyzed France. On May 30, 1968, French trains stopped and the airport was closed. Millions of workers lock themselves in factories or offices. Mail delivery stopped, phones stopped working, and universities were closed. Thousands of students said classes would not resume until their demands were met. As a result of the strike, the functions of the government and the state were weakened. A prominent politician has warned that France is on the verge of civil war. President Charles de Gaulle was so angry at the striking workers and students that he dissolved the National Assembly, postponed a national referendum and vowed to use force to stop the strike if necessary. "Did something wrong that led to civil war." Charles de Gaulle's speeches were broadcast on radio and on television, but people couldn't see the images. Because the "TV station" was on strike, a still image of the president was shown on the screen when he spoke. Under the leadership of Daniel Cohen Shindi, students occupied Sorbonne at the beginning of the month, lighting the flames of the strike. Riot police entered the campus on the 3rd, and hundreds of students were arrested and many were injured. The Sorbonne was closed for the first time in its 700-year history. The Nonterre campus in the suburbs of Paris was also closed after students incited to get rid of the school's excessive control and advocate the overthrow of the "capitalist system." On the 13th, thousands of students poured into the streets of Paris, shouting that Charles de Gaulle was the "assassin." Frustrated by falling wages, the Labor Federation called a general strike on the 11th. On the 15th, an aircraft manufacturing plant in Nantes was occupied and its managers were taken hostage. By the 20th, millions of workers had occupied their factories. On the 26th, the government raised the minimum wage by 35%.