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1968 student movement
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High school student demonstrations in France are drawing sharp criticism after CGT general secretary Sophie Binet wrote in Libération that no government since May 1968 has responded so harshly to a student mobilisation. Her comments have amplified debate over how authorities are handling the protests and renewed comparisons with the historic 1968 student movement.
- 2CGT chief compares government response to student protests with May 68●"Jamais depuis Mai 68, un gouvernement n’a répondu de la sorte à une mobilisation lycéenne", tribune de Sophie Binet, se
Sophie Binet, general secretary of the CGT union, has published a column in Libération denouncing the French government's handling of a nationwide high school student mobilisation. She writes that never since May 1968 has a government responded to a school protest movement in such a way, accusing it of answering social anger with force before addressing its causes.
- 3French protests spark comparisons with May 1968 uprising●May 1968 showed us how a massive, determined movement of student youth could crystallise into a huge general strike and
Activists are drawing parallels between France's spreading protests and May 1968, when a student movement grew into a general strike that won major gains. A French teacher says conditions are ripe for long strikes, and socialist commentators argue the current wave could similarly crystallise into nationwide industrial action with significant concessions.
- 4Mexico's legacy of repression: Tlatelolco, YoSoy132 and Ayotzinapa●🌎 [EN] 🕊️✊ Tlatelolco, # YoSoy132 and Ayotzinapa: the memory of repression in Mexico remains alive. When will there be j
Activists are recalling three emblematic episodes of state repression in Mexico — the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre, the 2012 #YoSoy132 student movement and the 2014 disappearance of the 43 Ayotzinapa students — arguing their memory remains alive because justice has never been delivered. Campaigners are asking when accountability will come and inviting people to share their views on the unresolved cases.