Practicing Democracy: Students Take to the Streets in France

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Opublikowano: 2026-10-10

This Week: Nearly 2000 high schools across France are closed amidst a wave of student protest that has taken over the nation. Demanding change to dilapidated conditions of school facilities, extreme heat and cold, leaky ceilings, exposure to toxic chemicals in aging buildings, staffing shortages, and more, the student protests have drawn an expanding set of the French population into a larger movement for change. Of course, violent police crackdowns are now capturing the eyes of the world as more than 5000 students have been arrested, and students have lost body parts, including eyes, limbs, and sustained brutal injuries from police a...