France grinds to a halt as 800,000 protesters clash with 80,000 police, schools and trains shut down in massive anti-austerity strike
Paris is bracing for a storm that feels less like protest and more like revolt. When teachers walk out, trains stall, pharmacies lock their doors, and teenagers drag desks across the gates of their schools, the government hears sirens. This is the sound of a society rejecting austerity before the first line of the budget …