
Demonstration in support of immigrant workers. Michel Foucault in the foreground. Paris, 1973. Photo: Gilles Peress.
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(According to the memoirs of Mathieu Lindon, who accompanied Foucault on some of the events, his role as public intellectual in standing at the front of a march or demo was to help ensure a degree of protection to the demonstrators against violent attacks by the riot police.)
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Another testament to Foucault’s courage. This is my all time favourite photo of Foucault.
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