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...that, under the pressure of economic austerity, is deepening into a testy, resentful mood. On this year's rainy May 10, the youths on the streets were students protesting education reforms. Instead of red flags and roses, they carried anti-government placards and, occasionally, crowbars to use against riot police...
Once again, spring was bringing forth the strains and tensions of a society that never has accepted easily the constraints of government or the call for sacrifice in the national interest. Clouds of tear gas rising over the center of Paris, gangs of masked students clashing with riot police in the Latin Quarter, banner-bearing protest marchers, including farmers, doctors, teachers, retailers and small businessmen-all these signs of widespread unrest seemed disturbingly familiar to many Frenchmen. There were nagging fears of a repetition of the popular upheaval in May 1968 that rocked Charles de Gaulle's regime...
...students are planning to stage a climactic protest on May 24, when the National Assembly begins debate on the controversial education bill. Students from all over the country are expected to try to mass around the parliament in a show of strength that, inevitably, will be challenged by tough riot police...
...martial-law regime of General Wojciech Jaruzelski, eager to maintain order as it prepared for the visit of Pope John Paul II next month, was ready for trouble. Hundreds of helmeted riot policemen, each carrying a 24-inch white rubber baton filled with lead balls, had sealed off the area. They were supported by dozens of militia trucks, water cannons and armored personnel carriers. "Disperse!" boomed a shrill voice over a bullhorn. Shortly thereafter, the police attacked the crowd. Militiamen struck indiscriminately, beating an old woman with their sticks and kicking a plump man in work pants who had been...
...Lyons they burned tires. In Montpellier they solemnly bore empty coffins through the streets. And in Paris last week, more than 2,000 high-spirited students marched down the Champs-Elysées, shattering traffic lights with rocks. As the mob charged toward the National Assembly, black-uniformed riot police armed with plastic shields, bullet-less carbines and tear gas panicked and began forcing the demonstrators back with truncheons. Undeterred, 8,000 medical students later staged a sit-in while others blocked traffic, tore up construction material and smashed a police bus. With such skirmishes continuing throughout the week...