by Henry A. Giroux | Nov 8, 2026 | Austerity, Capitalism, Corruption, Democracy, education, elections, France, India, Italy, Neoliberalism, Op-Ed, Organizing, Protests, Repression, Serbia, Student protests, uprisings, Youth
Young people are taking to the streets across France, Italy, Belgium, India, Serbia, and Albania, refusing to surrender their futures to a capitalist system that has abandoned them or to a politics that Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor have described as “end times fascism.” These protests are fueled by mounting anger over deteriorating schools, economic insecurity, unaffordable housing…
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by Amy Goodman | Oct 6, 2026 | France, high school students, Interview, Paris, Police Brutality, school funding, Student protests
Nearly 2,000 French high schools are blockaded or closed today amid massive student-led protests over school funding and inequality. The demonstrations began in September at a single school in the economically deprived suburbs of Paris, where students protested teacher shortages, overcrowded classrooms and dilapidated school buildings beset by rats, falling debris and more. But the scope of the…
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