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NEW: On Oct. 17, France witnessed some of the most intense urban unrest in its recent history. Hundreds of thousands protested across the country, while clashes with police, widespread looting, and burning barricades transformed the streets. [Link to article in reply]

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In Paris, the uprising continues. On October 18, masses of people once again took to the streets.

Crowds gathered at Place de la République and in the surrounding streets, erecting barricades as police deployed large amounts of tear gas. 🧵

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Organizers claim 800,000 protesters hit the streets today across France, with tens of thousands in Paris alone. Clashes with police and vandalism of state and corporate institutions were reported as tensions escalate ahead of next year’s presidential election.

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Scenes from Paris, France on October 17, as nationwide protests brought together masses of people protesting rising fuel prices, in solidarity with the student mobilizations, and opposition to nearly a decade of Macronism. [See the quote of this post for more]

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Riots in Paris day 2.

#placedelarepublique

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Protesters in Paris attacked a van carrying plainclothes police.

#17octobre

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Antifascists occupy motorway in #Erfurt in order to block the #AfD party convention.

#EF0407 #widersetzen

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NEW: Anti-Fascist Weekend in Paris Against Neo-Nazi Commemoration

Authorities ban neo-Nazi demonstration over public-order concerns and large counter-mobilization. [Video]

https://t.co/keEdeziUMF

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NEW: Three years after 57 people were killed in the Tempi train crash, the deadliest in Greek history, the long-awaited trial against those responsible began last week with a horrid day of technical failures and will re-start tomorrow, April 1.

https://t.co/N6nenruk3C

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🆕 Parallel Crimes: Novi Sad, Tempi and the Architecture of Neglect in the Balkans

Deadly incidents have shocked Greece & Serbia, leaving questions of political responsibility & igniting massive protest movements.

Check out our double feature. 🎥

https://t.co/CFdXsAE1AF

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NEW: Activists in Germany Blockading Far-Right Youth Convention Violently Beat by Police

Over 50,000 people attempted to block the founding convention for the new youth organization of the far-right AfD party on Nov. 29 in Gießen, Germany. Wide-ranging actions, including 19 blockades around the small city, prevented a majority of participants from attending. The AfD had dismantled its previous youth party after the German Intelligence Service declared it a right-wing extremist group. Police violently beat blockaders. Reports note a large drop in conference attendance with a few hundred participants of the expected thousands.

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Antifascist activists try to break through police lines.

#widersetzen #gießen #gi2911 #noafdjugend #noafd

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Massive police violence at protests of #widersetzen against founding conference of far right #afd youth organization in #Gießen

#gi2911 #antifa

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#widersetzen has arrived in #Gießen

#gi2911 #noafd

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#NoKings signs in Belgrade, Serbia today, as protesters converged outside of (Dez)Informer media offices after the government-friendly publication called the 16 people that were killed from the train station canopy collapse in Novi Sad on Nov. 1, 2024, "alleged victims."

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During the “Block everything” protest in France today, activists tried to storm and occupy the Gare du Nord, the busiest train station in Europe. Police reacted with force and pepper sprayed and injured transit passengers before locking down the station. #BloquonsTout

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The action day #bloquonstout goes on. Big fire barricade at Place de Fètes in Paris.

#10septembre2025 #10septembre

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Barricades all over the city centre of Paris
#BloquonsTout #10septembre2025 #10septembre

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« Siamo tutti antifascisti » - Place du Châtelet, Paris

#BloquonsTout #10septembre2025 #10settembre

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A nationwide day of disruption has started in France, “Bloquons Tout” (Block Everything). Triggered by new austerity measures, the call demands a total halt to work, consumption & banking activity — “We don’t pay. We don’t consume. We don’t work.”

Stay tuned. #BloquonsTout