The 31 day-long strike continues at the Total-owned Grandpuits oil refinery, in which 700 jobs are threatened of being removed by Total under the excuse of fighting climate change. These company claims have been challenged by the construction of a 1500km-long pipeline in Uganda, which has been accused of being built under terrible human right conditions.
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Hundreds of anticapitalist students marched in Paris to demand the reopening of universities with social distancing protocols in place in order to alleviate the psychological distress and mental disorders beginning to set in on the global population of youth, who have been forced to learn from home due to COVID.
Dozens of workers at the Total refinery in France entered a 15th day of striking and attempting to halt access to the facility in protest against the company's conversion plans, which trade unions estimate will lead to 700 layoffs.
Thousands of protesters gathered in the streets of Nantes for the weekly March of Liberties, demanding the complete dissolution of the Global Security Law, which would illegalize the filming of police officers. Police deployed water cannons and tear gas, with heavy clashes occurring in front of the city prefecture, resulting in several arrests.
Thousands of Kurds took to the streets in Paris, demanding justice on the 18th anniversary of the triple murders of pro-PKK Kurdish activists in France, who were all found shot in the head execution-style. Many suspect that the MİT ([Turkish] National Intelligence Organization) was to blame for the murders, including French authorities themselves, who later caught the 34-year-old Ömer Güney, a maintenance worker in the Charles de Gaulle airport, with substantial evidence.
French youth in Angers burnt cars and lit fires across the city for New Year's, following the tradition of mass unrest every 1st of January in the country.
French abolitionists clashed with police on New Year's in the Haut-Rhin province during a noise demo for prisoners, setting fires and launching fireworks against state repression and capitalism.
French anarchists in Strasbourg lit fires across the city for New Year's, against state repression and brutal curfew established by the government.
Around 40 French anarchists in Bordeaux attacked a police station in Aubiers, lighting fires and causing 5 injuries among CRS riot cops.
French anarchists in Albi threw fireworks outside of the Cantepau jail, clashing with police who threw tear gas and ended up contributing to the point of the noise demo. The abolitionists called for the release of all inmates due to COVID, as prisoners had been increasingly exposed to the virus in many countries.
French abolitionists gathered at the prison of Montbéliard, launching fireworks in solidarity with the inmates inside to let them know that eventually there will come a day when all of them are out of cages.
French abolitionists in Nice launched fireworks in the city as a noise demonstration of solidarity with prisoners on Christmas Eve, per a press release by the Union of Prisoners in France. French abolitionists in Nice launched fireworks in the city as a noise demonstration of solidarity with prisoners on Christmas Eve, per a press release by the Union of Prisoners […]
Abolitionist protesters gathered on Christmas Eve in Paris to light fireworks in solidarity with all prisoners in a “light demo”, also making lots of noise. Demonstrators started that they had an obligation to share the Christmas season to those criminally separated from their families. Abolitionist protesters gathered on Christmas Eve in Paris to light fireworks in solidarity with all prisoners […]
Hundreds of Yellow Vests gathered in what would be dubbed as 'Rainbow Bloc' at the Council of State in solidarity with protesters arrested during the March of Liberties demonstration against the global security law in the previous week. Protesters were blocked from leaving the area by CRS riot police before being allowed through to the l'Amiral de Coligny street. The police then kettled the crowd for 40 minutes, causing many complaints before slowly letting protesters disperse.
Hundreds of protesters demonstrated in Paris in support of undocumented immigrants on International Migrants' Day. The march was organized by the Gilet Noirs/Black Vests, whose aim is to fight for the regularization of the 400,000 undocumented immigrants in France.