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French student riots: comparisons with 1968 will only serve the political extremes

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par David Lees, Reader in French Studies, University of Warwick

The student demonstrations that have spread across France in recent weeks are not unprecedented. Indeed, commentators have been quick to point to comparisons with the events of May and June 1968, where, at their peak, more than 10 million students and workers took to the streets.

In 1968, as now, there were legitimate reasons for protest. The unrest began at the Nanterre campus of the University…

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