France’s teens versus the riot police – podcast - 开云体育下载

Angelique Chrisafis on the pupils and students who are taking to the streets and closing down schools in France

Thousands arrested, hundreds injured. It’s been a shocking week for France. Schools have been closed and ransacked. Some have simply been burned down.

The pupils are fed up with the status quo. And they’re furious about a school system that they say is failing them.