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It’s the most French of stories: a public grievance blows up into a major conflagration with town halls burnt and synagogues ransacked. This time, anger over classroom conditions in history’s hottest summer has become a public order catastrophe. So who’s really to blame? Greg Sheridan is here. 

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Further reading: 

Rule of law? Far too bourgeois

Synagogues ransacked, Jewish businesses burnt

Stunned Macron seeks answers

This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Claire Harvey and edited by Jasper Leak. Our team includes Kristen Amiet, Lia Tsamoglou, Tiffany Dimmack and Joshua Burton. Our theme is by Jasper Leak. 

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