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In France, hundreds of thousands rallied nationwide on Tuesday to support high school students demanding more education funding.
A student uprising in France in May 1968 almost toppled the government after millions of workers joined the protest movement and went on strike. The memory of that incident lives on in students and lawmakers alike, experts tell TIME.
The massive outpouring I saw in Paris was animated by more than students’ legitimate concerns about deteriorating schools.