How did Jean-Luc Godard participate in the Paris student protests of 1968?

Jean-Luc Godard’s involvement in the Paris student protests of 1968 was a direct extension of his growing commitment to left-wing political thought during that period. His participation in these riots and other demonstrations confirmed a shift in his career toward Marxism and revolutionary ideology.1

This political engagement was already becoming evident in his earlier work, such as his 1967 film La Chinoise, which focused on Parisian Maoists. Following the events of 1968, Godard moved away from traditional fiction and aesthetic concerns, dedicating his work to intellectual agitprop—or agitation-propaganda—which he described as a struggle rather than a show.1