The winter of 1960 to 1961 saw the longest general strike in Belgium since the Second World War. Up to two months of total immobilization of the country against an austerity law. In the countless archives, a profusion of people from all walks of life tell us about the initiatives they led at the time. But surprise, surprise: instead of grey-headed former strikers, it's young people who tell us about these outbursts of struggle, as if they were there, as if they had been there.
A look back at the winter of 1960-1961, the scene of Belgium's longest general strike since the Second World War.
The winter of 1960 to 1961 saw the longest general strike in Belgium since the Second World War. Up to two months of total immobilization of the country against an austerity law. In the countless archives, a profusion of people from all walks of life tell us about the initiatives they led at the time. But surprise, surprise: instead of grey-headed former strikers, it's young people who tell us about these outbursts of struggle, as if they were there, as if they had been there.