French students and workers revolt against neoliberalism
“The student movement did not start with a single blow. At first it was just the students of Rennes who dared to bet that their strike would snowball, and who shut down their university, on their own for a week. “It will be the same among the workers...” So resolved the 300 university and high-school student delegates who met in Lille on 1-2 April to plan the way forward for the struggle in France. The movement started two months ago, with a small minority of students who ventured to take action against a government measure cutting job security — at first sight just another of dozens of...