France arrests over 5,000 protesters
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French security forces arrested more than 5,000 people during student protests over school conditions, as demonstrations turned violent and clashes with police spread across the country.
French high school students fight back (900 demonstrations against deteriorating French school conditions). France's public protects its interests.
October 2, 2026 at 2:21 PM
French high school students fight back (900 demonstrations against deteriorating French school conditions). France's public protects its interests.
The principle that the university is, first, a university, an academic enterprise. Protest, while broadly protected and often tolerable even when not protected, is not part of the academic mission.
And the university has *other people in it,* besides the protestors, who are entitled to do academics.
And the university has *other people in it,* besides the protestors, who are entitled to do academics.
October 3, 2026 at 2:09 PM
The principle that the university is, first, a university, an academic enterprise. Protest, while broadly protected and often tolerable even when not protected, is not part of the academic mission.
And the university has *other people in it,* besides the protestors, who are entitled to do academics.
And the university has *other people in it,* besides the protestors, who are entitled to do academics.
La LDH cherche souvent localement des forces vives, qui seront protégées par le statut européen d'"observateur-ice des libertés".
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La mobilisation de cette #jeunesse contre le manque de moyens et pour bénéficier d’une éducation effective doit trouver une réponse politique et non policière. La #LDH affirme sa solidarité avec les victimes et va documenter les violences commises.
Ce que l'on sait du lycéen blessé au visage après le tir d'un projectile par un policier lors d'un blocage dans le Val-d'Oise
Un adolescent de 14 ans a été hospitalisé lundi après une altercation avec des policiers. Des professeurs présents sur place affirment être "profondément choqués par la situation".
www.franceinfo.fr
October 3, 2026 at 10:01 AM
La LDH cherche souvent localement des forces vives, qui seront protégées par le statut européen d'"observateur-ice des libertés".
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Reposted by Fabián Muniesa
‘We just want to be listened to’: student protests shut schools across France
‘We just want to be listened to’: student protests shut schools across France
Lack of investment, overcrowded classrooms, crumbling buildings and poor teacher pay among reasons for protests by school students
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As dozens of school pupils sat on top of a pile of wheelie bins blocking a high school entrance in north-eastern Paris, Sophia, 17, was on the frontline of the barricade, when she would normally have been attending Spanish class.
“We hope this grows into a massive youth protest movement,” said the final year baccalaureate student at Paris’s Lycée Voltaire, who did not want her real name published. She was on her second day of blocking the school entrance along with hundreds of others, ensuring all lessons were cancelled. “We just want to be listened to by the government. We’d rather stand here doing this than have to learn in poor conditions. It’s the only way to make ourselves heard.” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2026 at 1:16 PM
‘We just want to be listened to’: student protests shut schools across France
Students rioting for school quality
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Student Protests Rattle France as Police Clashes Bring Blockades and Tear Gas
Days of unrest have affected more than 1,000 schools across France as high school students push for better standards.
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October 2, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Students rioting for school quality
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Reposted by Vincent Tiberj
A ce sujet, une autre étude compare le modèle français de maintien de l'ordre, ses fondements historiques & son rapport à la désescalade à d'autres pratiques européennes.
Elle est intitulée "Désescalade de la violence et gestion des foules protestataires"
www.defenseurdesdroits.fr/etude-desesc...
Elle est intitulée "Désescalade de la violence et gestion des foules protestataires"
www.defenseurdesdroits.fr/etude-desesc...
Étude - Désescalade de la violence et gestion des foules protestataires | Défenseur des Droits
Réalisée par une équipe de chercheurs entre décembre 2018 et juin 2021 et conduite avec la participation de la police et de la gendarmerie nationales, l’étude interroge le modèle français de de l’ordr...
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October 3, 2026 at 11:21 AM
A ce sujet, une autre étude compare le modèle français de maintien de l'ordre, ses fondements historiques & son rapport à la désescalade à d'autres pratiques européennes.
Elle est intitulée "Désescalade de la violence et gestion des foules protestataires"
www.defenseurdesdroits.fr/etude-desesc...
Elle est intitulée "Désescalade de la violence et gestion des foules protestataires"
www.defenseurdesdroits.fr/etude-desesc...
You will hear a lot about the violence of protestors in France but little about the violence of the police.
Here the officer shoots one lone protestor in the face with a stun grenade launcher, causing him to lose most of his teeth
As usual the Police are the MOST violent
Here the officer shoots one lone protestor in the face with a stun grenade launcher, causing him to lose most of his teeth
As usual the Police are the MOST violent
October 2, 2026 at 4:33 PM
You will hear a lot about the violence of protestors in France but little about the violence of the police.
Here the officer shoots one lone protestor in the face with a stun grenade launcher, causing him to lose most of his teeth
As usual the Police are the MOST violent
Here the officer shoots one lone protestor in the face with a stun grenade launcher, causing him to lose most of his teeth
As usual the Police are the MOST violent
Reposted by Fabián Muniesa
‘This can’t go on’: tens of thousands protest against housing crisis in Spain
‘This can’t go on’: tens of thousands protest against housing crisis in Spain
Demonstrators take to the streets of Madrid and other Spanish cities after new legislation fails to pass
Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Madrid and other Spanish cities as they step up demands for action to tackle a mounting housing crisis after government measures were struck down by the opposition.
Demonstrators on Saturday waved posters calling for a general strike after the measures drawn up to address mass anger over the eviction of an 87-year-old woman in Madrid, and other housing issues, were rejected in parliament on Friday. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2026 at 2:35 PM
‘This can’t go on’: tens of thousands protest against housing crisis in Spain
Reposted by David Murakami Wood
France is on the edge of fascism. The crackdown on high school students protesting for better conditions is savage. A student lost an eye due to a rubber-bullet shot. The former Minister of the Interior wants to declare illegal the first left wing party. www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/tours/malheu...
Lycéen blessé mercredi 30 septembre à Tours : « Maël a perdu l’usage de son œil »
C’est une terrible nouvelle confirmée par plusieurs sources à La Nouvelle République, vendredi 2 octobre 2026 : Maël, lycéen de 16 ans, grièvement blessé mercredi 30 septembre en marge des manifestati...
www.lanouvellerepublique.fr
October 2, 2026 at 9:14 PM
France is on the edge of fascism. The crackdown on high school students protesting for better conditions is savage. A student lost an eye due to a rubber-bullet shot. The former Minister of the Interior wants to declare illegal the first left wing party. www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/tours/malheu...
Reposted by Fabián Muniesa, Caroline Robion‐Brunner
Violences policières à #Montpellier : le journaliste Valentin Levetti, fondateur de @stup.media était en train de couvrir le mouvement lycéen quand une moto de police lui a percuté la jambe. Il portait un brassard presse et était identifiable. Les policiers, eux, ne l'étaient pas.
October 2, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Violences policières à #Montpellier : le journaliste Valentin Levetti, fondateur de @stup.media était en train de couvrir le mouvement lycéen quand une moto de police lui a percuté la jambe. Il portait un brassard presse et était identifiable. Les policiers, eux, ne l'étaient pas.