Massive Mobilizations in France Stand Against Police Attacks
Featured image: Mobilization at Place de la Republique, Paris. Source: Hindustan Times
On November 5, a nation-wide strike had been called in France, urging workers, students and pensioners to take to the streets, raising demands for the rising living costs and improvement of public services and education. According to estimates of the General Confederation of Labor (CGT), around 1.6 million people partook in the demonstrations throughout France, and around 200 demonstrations were carried out throughout the country.
The mobilization in Paris started at the Place de la Republique and continued in a march toward Place de la Nation, where clashes with the police erupted throughout, with police charging at the march and firing tear gas. Jeunesse Communiste (JC) reports that the JC and Fédération Syndicale Étudiante
(FSE) bloc faced multiple charges and arbitrary attacks by the police.
According to the Interior Ministry, 448 people were detained during the clashes of November 5.
JC also reported on an inter union demonstration demonstration where the police attacked by tear gassing the mobilization, and carried out a kettling maneuver, where the identities of the participants were checked.
