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Source: Medea Benjamin on MintPress News

The Students’ struggle comes at a moment when France faces mounting pressure to cut public spending while dramatically increasing its military budget. The question at the heart of this uprising goes far beyond education: Will France invest in its young people—or in missiles, weapons and war? Books or bombs?

Students are asking for teachers and decent schools, while the government deploys riot police against them—and finds billions more for its military.