On this day in 1968, the May 68 Rebellion, the largest general strike in French history, began when school officials shut down the University of Paris after months of student protests, escalating to nationwide unrest.
In mid-March, leftist students had occupied an administration building there, although they left peacefully after their demands were published. On May 6th, more than 20,000 students, teachers, and supporters engaged in a protest march. The march was attacked by police and devolved into a riot.
The state repression of protesters caused two major left union federations, the Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT) and the Force Ouvrière (CGT-FO), to call a one-day general strike on May 13th. More than one million people demonstrated that day.
By the middle of May, demonstrations had extended to factories, though their demands were different from the students'. Across France, students occupied university structures and up to one-third of the country's workforce was on strike.
The protests were so widespread and energetic that many political leaders feared civil war or revolution. President Charles de Gaulle secretly fled France to Germany at one point, and the national government at times ceased to function.
Revolution was averted when de Gaulle dissolved the National Assembly and scheduled an election that the left dissidents agreed to participate in. Revolutionary fervor subsided and the government banned a number of leftist organizations in the following months.
In the election, de Gaulle's party won the greatest victory in French parliamentary history, taking 353 of 486 seats versus the Communists' 34 and the Socialists' 57.
How Beautiful It Was - Jacobin https://jacobin.com/2018/05/how-beautiful-it-was/
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I was just thinking about what games I've played this year, and I realised Pokemon Champions would be my game of the year by default, because its the only new game I've played in the last four months, and I think it kinda sucks. The only other games I've played are Cyberpunk, Terraria and AC4: Black Flag.
Then I remembered Deltarune chapter 5 is coming out this year! Thank fucking god, a saviour is coming.
Anyway, anyone wanna recommend some story-heavy indie games for me to check out?
I've been meaning to check out Pokemon Champions because I used to play competitive Pokemon. Is it just a straight up battle sim like Showdown? Is there any smogon style balancing or is it just everyone using the same 5 overpowered legendaries (the reason I stopped playing the meta is because in Scar/Vio everyone just spammed Bloodmoon Ursaluna and I got bored)
There needs to be a way to regulate competitive Pokémon so that there is a league where you can only use Pokémon you think sre cute and lying is punishable with jail time
It uses official VGC regulations. The pool of Pokemon in Champions is very limited, there are no legendaries whatsoever right now. No Smogon tiers or anything though.
That actually sounds fun
It's more gamefied than Showdown, you need to buy Pokemon rather than just adding them straight to your team. You get to pick 1 from a random lineup of 10, then have to pay to get another lineup. It's doable without buying micro transactions, I haven't paid for anything with real money and I have all the pokemon I want, but it's not instant like showdown.
The meta is really low power right now so you can get away with just about anything. Sneasler and Incineroar are everywhere but they've been nerfed and don't feel quite as oppressive.
Black Ops 2, the original, is pretty Indie nowadays and has a cool story.