Opening the Gates

In the Summer of 1973, workers occupied the Lip watch and clock factory,
sparking a national cause and controversy. The Lip occupation and selfmanagement
experience captured the imagination of the Left in France and
internationally, as a living example of the spirit of May '68. In Opening the Gates,
Donald Reid chronicles the history of this struggle. Beginning with the early
stirrings of worker radicalism in 1968, Reid’s meticulously researched narrative
details the nationally publicised conflict of 1973, the second bankruptcy and
occupation of 1976 and the conversion of Lip into a group of cooperatives
operating into the 1980s

In vara anului 1973, muncitorii au ocupat fabrica de ceasuri si ceasuri Lip, provocand o cauza nationala si controverse. Experienta ocupatiei si autoadministrarii buzelor a captat imaginatia stangii in Franta si la nivel international, ca exemplu viu al spiritului din mai '68.