[PEN-L:1988] France ... again

[glevy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Doug Henwood wrote:

> Last I looked, I saw plenty of youth & women in the streets of France. The
> French people are way ahead of the union & political leadership on this
> one. According to Daniel Singer, the planning for the demos has been deeply
> democratic, with votes taken at every turn, rather than awaiting orders
> from the tops, who are dying for compromise.
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Weren't the sequence of events in France initiated by *students*
protesting overcrowded classes and budget cuts at public universities? The
unions were only pulled into the struggle afterwards, as I can recall.

While there are *many* dissimilarities, doesn't the above suggest
something in common with the dynamic of May-June, '68?

Jerry