Can the current French protests really be compared with May 68?
Protesters in the current wave of social unrest in France have repeatedly invoked the youth revolt that signaled the end of Charles de Gaulle's presidency. Yet a new, more individual approach to activism has shifted collective action to the background, against a vastly different socio-economic backdrop.
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- French protests: What to expect on November 7th thelocal.fr
