"Young people have been completely screwed.” Authorities imposed overnight curfews in several French cities after protests at the weekend – as anger about the cost of living, fuel prices and poor public education continued to simmer. On Novara Live, writer Alice Cappelle says that while violence associated with the protests is "shocking”, people in France are subjected to slower, systemic violence by the state that is “leading to deaths”. Outpourings of “deviant behaviour” are common when people are denied "legitimate ways of achieving” their aspirations, adds Ash Sarkar.

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