Police have made around 2,000 arrests and scores of people have been injured as student protests spread across France. Ministers have called for a “day of dialogue” but students have called for further strike action.
Police have made around 2,000 arrests and scores of people have been injured as student protests spread across France. Ministers have called for a “day of dialogue” but students have called for further strike action.
In fact, it’s hard to know if their is a common revendication. This is a Gilet Jaune situation : no organisation and root based movement. As pointed, austerity made the education even more unequal and the new process for superior education rise a lot of anxiety. However, the strike and mobilisation of trade union of the public sector on Tuesday was a record, and students was already their to support. Some of them has been arrested during this declared demonstration
Some people expect a Gilet Jaune Reborn on October 17th, and it may have helped students to mobilize. October 17th is a commemoration day of racist slaughter made by the police too, and another mobilization against cop violence is taking place in France.
The only clear message that we heard of students was “Siamo Tutti Antifascisti” and “ACAB”. I’m convinced