... through 1969, creating what was dubbed 'the hot autumn' (l'autunno caldo) and in effect eclipsing student activism"3. The intensity and duration of the demonstrations varied from country to country; these factors clearly conditioned the relationship between workers and students, and undoubtedly had an effect on what would be the outcome of the protest. Where student-worker unity was present, namely in France and Italy, the relationship was fired mainly by the students' desire to collaborate and identify themselves with the workers, and the fact that, even though the two groups didn't necessarily share the same interests, they shared the same enemy: 'the system'. In both countries, the process was similar, initially the workers gave strength to the students' movement, carrying out strikes and manifestations, but eventually the workers' movement tended to outdo the students putting an end to the relationship between them. In Germany, on the other hand, there was no ...

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