A new book explores how 1971 protests in France sparked transnational resistance movements worldwide.

The author of a new book has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how the Larzac protests in France from 1971 became a modern-day template for demonstrations across the world. The protests began after the French government announced a huge extension of a military base on the Larzac plateau, referring to the farmers living there as "a few peasants" in "French Siberia". This sparked much anger, and residents ended up swearing oaths never to be forced from their land, pioneering regional radicalism for years ...