French high school protests: 'The social contract since the Revolution is based on the rejection of inequality'
Le Monde · 23 Oct 2026

French high school protests: 'The social contract since the Revolution is based on the rejection of inequality'

Historian Guillaume Mazeau argues in an op-ed that signs and slogans invoking 1789 serve as ways for rebellious youth to legitimize their demands in the eyes of a society that idolizes its rebellious past.


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