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The unrest began with a series of far-left student occupation protests against capitalism, consumerism, American imperialism and traditional institutions. Heavy police repression of the protesters led France's trade union confederations to call for sympathy strikes , which spread far more quickly than expected to involve 11 million workers ...
To protect the city, public authorities ordered the Place de la Sorbonne closed. This square has been a symbol for French student protests since May 1968.. The controversial bill, entitled "Loi pour l'égalité des chances" ("Equal Opportunity Law"), created a new job contract, the Contrat première embauche (CPE – First Employment Contract or Beginning Workers Contract).
In Paris, the Union Nationale des Étudiants de France (UNEF), France's largest student union, along with the union of university teachers, staged a march to protest against police actions at the Sorbonne. More than 20,000 protesters marched towards the Sorbonne, and the police charged the crowd with batons.
Protesters angry over the Gaza war took to Paris' Sorbonne University on Monday, chanting 'Free Palestine' at the university's gates while some students set up tents in the courtyard. Days after ...
On 6 May, the national student union, the Union Nationale des Étudiants de France (UNEF) – still the largest student union in France today – and the union of university teachers called a march to protest against the police invasion of Sorbonne. More than 20,000 students, teachers and other supporters marched towards the Sorbonne, still ...
In Paris, students inspired by pro-Palestinian protests in the U.S. gather near Sorbonne university 04/29/2024 14:54 -0400 PARIS (AP) — Dozens of students gathered near the Sorbonne university in Paris on Monday to protest in support of the Palestinians, echoing similar demonstrations on campuses in the United States.
The Sorbonne Occupation Committee (French: Comité d'Occupation de la Sorbonne) was a politically radical student group that occupied the Sorbonne during the May 1968 events in France. The Sorbonne student occupation began Monday, 13 May, after the police withdrew from the Latin Quarter .
Protests against Israel’s war in Gaza have swept campuses across Canada. At McGill University in downtown Montreal, pro-Palestinian student protesters have set up an encampment on the front lawn.