Watching the mass protests unfold across France, one wonders who is not trying to exploit the social unrest there. The cliche that France since 1789 and later 1968 is a country used to demonstrations and revolutions does not vindicate the student protesters, who were joined by union members and public sector workers to protest the country’s worsening educational provision and cost-of-living crisis. But the scenes of riots and looting and the masked men clashing with police could be telling a dif
