France's High-School Protests | French Politics with Dr. Amine Zidouh

The French high-school protest movement: timeline, Parcoursup, artwork, student signs and podcast episodes.

Photograph of a high-school protest sign; the text has not yet been transcribed.
Photograph of a high-school protest sign; the text has not yet been transcribed.
Photograph of a high-school protest sign; the text has not yet been transcribed.
Photograph of a high-school protest sign; the text has not yet been transcribed.
Photograph of a high-school protest sign; the text has not yet been transcribed.
Photograph of a high-school protest sign; the text has not yet been transcribed.
Photograph of a high-school protest sign; the text has not yet been transcribed.
Photograph of a high-school protest sign; the text has not yet been transcribed.
Photograph of a high-school protest sign; the text has not yet been transcribed.
Photograph of a high-school protest sign; the text has not yet been transcribed.
Photograph of a high-school protest sign; the text has not yet been transcribed.
Photograph of a high-school protest sign; the text has not yet been transcribed.
Photograph of a high-school protest sign; the text has not yet been transcribed.
Photograph of a high-school protest sign; the text has not yet been transcribed.
Photograph of a high-school protest sign; the text has not yet been transcribed.
Protest sign reading: QU’ILS MANGENT DE LA BRIOCHE !
QU’ILS MANGENT DE LA BRIOCHE ! — Let them eat brioche! (Usually rendered in English as “Let them eat cake.”)
Protest sign reading: L’ÉDUCATION COÛTE CHER ? ESSAYEZ L’IGNORANCE
L’ÉDUCATION COÛTE CHER ? ESSAYEZ L’IGNORANCE — Education is expensive? Try ignorance.
Protest sign reading: LA JEUNESSE C’ÉTAIT MIEUX MAINTENANT
LA JEUNESSE C’ÉTAIT MIEUX MAINTENANT — Youth was better now.
Protest sign reading: LE MONDE OU RIEN
LE MONDE OU RIEN — The world or nothing.
Protest sign reading: LA MACRO NIE LA DÉMOCRATIE
LA MACRO NIE LA DÉMOCRATIE — Macron’s camp denies democracy.
Protest sign reading: LE PROBLÈME N’EST PAS NOTRE COLÈRE MAIS CEUX QUI LA PROVOQUE
LE PROBLÈME N’EST PAS NOTRE COLÈRE MAIS CEUX QUI LA PROVOQUE — The problem is not our anger, but those who provoke it.
Protest sign reading: TOUT BLOQUER DEVIENT VITAL
TOUT BLOQUER DEVIENT VITAL — Blocking everything becomes vital.
Protest sign reading: PLUTÔT QUE RÉVISER L’HISTOIRE ON VA L’ÉCRIRE
PLUTÔT QUE RÉVISER L’HISTOIRE ON VA L’ÉCRIRE — Rather than revise history, we’re going to write it.
Artwork 1: Bilan provisoire, a mural of eyes on two yellow walls, with Jean-Marc Rochette standing between them.
Artwork 1 — Jean-Marc Rochette
Artwork 2: A riot officer holding a protractor and calculator asks how to calculate the proportionality of a police response.
Artwork 2 — Éric Truant · TRUANT
Artwork 3: Bienvenue en lacrymocratie: a riot officer stands before a distressed French tricolour.
Artwork 3 (Original version) — Will Argunas
Artwork 3: A coloured-pencil reinterpretation of Bienvenue en lacrymocratie on lined paper.
Artwork 3 (Colored-pencil version) — Will Argunas
Artwork 4: A school-crossing road sign altered to show a CRS officer approaching two children with a baton.
Artwork 4 — Too Late
Artwork 5: A burning rubbish bin beneath the words Soutiens aux familles des poubelles.
Artwork 5 (Panel 1) — Manolita
Artwork 5: A cracked classroom with the claim that the school of the Republic is a sacred temple that must not be touched.
Artwork 5 (Panel 2) — Manolita
Artwork 5: A riot officer lists bones, eyes, jaws, hopes and struggles as exceptions to the prohibition on breaking things.
Artwork 5 (Panel 3) — Manolita
Artwork 6: An oval-framed portrait overlaid with the fluorescent slogan Qui sème la hess récolte le zbeul.
Artwork 6 — Furieuse Company
Artwork 7: Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron walk past a burning lycée and the graffiti Nique ton prof.
Artwork 7 — David Buonomo · Dadou
Artwork 8: A distressed French Republic emblem whose motto reads Tabasser, Éborgner, Amputer.
Artwork 8 — Rachid Sguini · Rakidd
Artwork 9: A class portrait of injured pupils below the motto Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité.
Artwork 9 — Victoire Doux · Vicdoux
Artwork 10: A blue riot officer silences an orange young person beneath the slogan Sois jeune et tais toi.
Artwork 10 — Poulpou
Artwork 11: A cartoon about lycée blockades proposes returning pupils’ mobile phones to them.
Artwork 11 — Loïc Schvartz
Artwork 12: A politician prays for rain to send protesting lycée students home.
Artwork 12 — Éric Truant · TRUANT
Artwork 13: A riot officer agrees with No Future graffiti while raising a baton behind a young person.
Artwork 13 — Thibaut Soulcié
Artwork 14: Two figures, one wearing a yellow vest and the other a blue school backpack, stand with their arms around each other under the sign Macron c’est les ténèbres.
Artwork 14 — Éric Truant · TRUANT
Artwork 15: A fluorescent yellow-green and pink poster shows an open book with mots and maux overlaid, asking Qu’est-ce que vous attendez pour écouter les maux de la jeunesse ?
Artwork 15 — Artist not identified
Artwork 16: A suited official tells Macron, who peers over an enormous presidential desk, Monsieur le Président, votre République en marche est arrivée.
Artwork 16 — Éric Truant · TRUANT
Artwork 17: A young person with a backpack faces a larger, armored riot officer on a red background under the words Je pense, donc je gêne.
Artwork 17 — Will Argunas