Touraj Eghtesad

Touraj Eghtesad is a French-Iranian teacher of History, Geography and Ethics at the European School of Strasbourg (France). Formerly employed at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, he is an social scientist specialised in education, social movements and youth, mainly from an ethnographic perspective.

A new type of conflict: France’s ongoing struggle for pensions

Over 60% of French people support the strike that has lasted longer than any other such protest since May 1968. Why have we scarcely heard of it ?

By Touraj Eghtesad

/ 27 Jan 2020

A new type of conflict: France’s ongoing struggle for pensions