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How a Small Student Protest Spread Across France

A movement that began with a few high schools has broadened to encompass labor unions and other activists.

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Protesters in Paris this month during a nationwide day of actions called by high school students and joined by unions and teachers.
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She Planned to Protest Trump. She Didn’t Plan on Getting Punched.

Blake Miley yelled “fascist” as President Trump spoke at a midterm campaign rally. The violence that followed “was not right,” she said.

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“I knew there was a really good possibility that this would happen,” Blake Miley said. “But I don’t blame myself. It is not right what they did to me.”
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Looting Left Damage and Fear on Paradise Street in Marseille

Looters ravaged a storied commercial avenue in France’s second-largest city. Its merchants fear that more unrest could follow.

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Damaged stores after rioting this month on Paradise Street in Marseille, France.
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How Defiant Youth Are Testing India’s Idea of Democracy

Four takeaways from India’s protest movement, at a moment when democracies around the world are under pressure.

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Security personnel detaining protesters demanding the resignation of the head of India’s election commission this month in New Delhi.
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