Update on the Student Protests in France
Featured image: Thousands ‘take the Bastille’ in demonstrations at Place de la Bastille on October 8, demanding improvements to national education. Source: ara
Since our last update, the student protests are still going strong, with mobilizations in the streets of France taking place every day. In its first victory, the State has been forced to make fuel price cuts, demonstrating once more that it is the masses that make history.
In our last update, we reported on calls made for demonstrations on October 8. The demonstration took place at Place de la Bastille, and thousands of students, including student unions and progressives, took part in demanding improvements to national education. As part of the demonstration, a call was made by students and education workers for strikes to be carried out on October 13.
You can read our last report on the student protests here:
Several actions as part of the student protests have been shared on social media, we hereby share some of them.
On October 10, La Cause du Peuple published an analysis of the student movement over the past ten years:
On October 8, La Cause du Peuple published an article on the role of revolutionary violence and the tasks of revolutionaries in France today:
La Cause du Peuple reports that a member of the FSE was injured by reactionary forces, and published an interview:
The Communist Youth (JC) have announced that they are organizing solidarity with the people facing repression, and urge people who have been arrested, injured or threatened because of the blockades to contact them.
