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Florence Bergeaud-Blackler stated that a Qatari channel had mobilized its networks to make October 17 a commemoration of 1961 and was broadcasting montages comparing the police under Papon, whom she described as a former collaborator of the Nazis, to that of today. She believed this mobilization was not spontaneous and added that raids were planned and that this would continue. #Histoire #Politique #Mémoire (translated)

On October 17, Mathilde Panot called to not forget the Algerians who, according to her, had been repressed in blood by the French police on October 17, 1961, under the orders of Maurice Papon. She demanded that what she called a state crime be acknowledged. https://t.co/Op1vRBYv24 #Algérie #Mémoire #Justice (translated)

Bally Bagayoko recalled that, on October 17, 1961, nearly 30,000 Algerian men and women demonstrated unarmed in Paris against the curfew and for the equality and independence of Algeria. He mentioned more than 11,000 arrests, hundreds of deaths, and bodies thrown into the Seine, as well as decades of lies. He indicated that a march took place that very evening in Saint-Denis, for the first time, and presented the commemoration as a commitment to pass on this memory. He also paid tribute to Fatima Bedar, aged 15, who had come to support the demonstrators with her schoolbag and was found drowned in the canal. A city garden now bears her name, he wrote, adding that she should not remain an anonymous victim. Bagayoko believed that justice involved recognizing the crime of state. He stated that he had signed a petition from mayors demanding this recognition, the inclusion of October 17 on the calendar of national days, the complete opening of archives, support for transmission to young people, and assistance for survivors and their families. He called on every political force to take a clear stance, deeming 65 years of silence sufficient. According to him, acknowledging the facts was not about repentance, but about facing history and reminding children in working-class neighborhoods that their history mattered. He finally presented the memory of October 17 as a bulwark against the hatred used in electoral campaigns and the sorting of French people according to their origins. #Mémoire #Justice #Égalité (translated)

The author wrote that an inscription stating "We drown Algerians" symbolized October 17, 1961, a date he associated with racist state crimes. He noted that the 65th anniversary was being commemorated and reminded that a curfew had been imposed by the prefect. https://t.co/h0UWMczIsP #Algérie #Histoire #Mémoire #DZ (translated)

Impact recalled that, 65 years ago, thousands of Algerians had peacefully protested in Paris against a discriminatory curfew. The account stated that the French police had violently repressed the demonstration, beating and chasing participants, some of whom had been killed and thrown into the Seine. It attributed the massacre to authorities under the responsibility of Prefect Maurice Papon and indicated that France had never officially acknowledged it as a state crime. #Mémoire #Algérie #Justice (translated)

The author recalled that six years after the assassination of Samuel Paty, he did not forget him and would never forget him. He wrote that the history-geography teacher had been killed because he taught freedom of expression and encouraged young people to develop their critical thinking. https://t.co/6N4TFGTniH #SamuelPaty #LibertéDExpression #Mémoire #FR (translated)

François Bousquet asked where the 300 Arabs who were supposedly thrown into the Seine on October 17, 1961, were located. He stated that only one North African had drowned in the river that night, and that he was in a state of intoxication, dismissing the figure of 300 drownings. He described the commemoration of the 65th anniversary, scheduled for this Saturday, October 17, as "for nothing" and suggested that it aimed to further blame France. #17Octobre1961 #Mémoire #Histoire (translated)

Ilan Gabet wrote that the prefecture had banned a planned demonstration near the commemorative stele to honor the Algerians killed by the police on October 17, 1961. He claimed that the French police had beaten to death and shot Algerians who were protesting against a curfew imposed by the French authorities, before throwing their bodies into the Seine. He called this ban disgraceful. #Histoire #Manifestation #Mémoire (translated)

The author recalled that Samuel Paty, a history-geography teacher, was killed by an Islamist terrorist near his school on October 16, 2020. He also mentioned Dominique Bernard, a French teacher, who was murdered in his high school on October 13, 2023. #Mémoire #Justice #Éducation #FR #GB (translated)

The author indicated that he was commemorating the assassination of Samuel Paty, a history and geography teacher, three days after the anniversary of the attack in Arras against Dominique Bernard. He wrote that Paty had been brutally killed by an Islamist for teaching freedom of expression to his students. https://t.co/iN5tH4Ga51 #LibertéDExpression #Mémoire #Éducation #FR #GB (translated)

The Némésis collective stated that they went the day before to the foot of Lola's building, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of her death. About ten activists, equipped with portraits of the young girl and white roses, came to pay their respects, according to the collective. Némésis claimed that an LFI activist, identified as Marie A., insulted them before hitting Alice several times and attempting to attack other members of the group. The collective specified that the arrival of the police helped to calm the situation and that they were able to finish the tribute, while Marie A. continued to shout from about fifty meters away. #Hommage #Paris #Violence (translated)

Bernard-Henri Lévy wrote that upon his arrival in Marseille for a conference organized that very evening around the launch of *Mémoires Provisoires*, the location was kept secret and was only communicated to his readers after a treasure hunt that he described as very complex. He thanked the organizers of the FSJU, the officials of the Republic whom he described as his guardians, as well as the people who would be attending. He asked if this situation was normal and indicated that he had been coming to Marseille for 50 years for each of his books, without having previously experienced such conditions. The post was accompanied by a photo credit to Blandine Fraysse, dated April 4, 2024, and the mention *La Provence*. #JuifsDeFrance #MémoiresProvisoires #Marseille (translated)

Jean-Luc Mélenchon recalled that Thomas Sankara was assassinated on October 15, 1987, and stated that his memory and teachings remain alive. He indicated that the rebellious movement had declared itself his heir and that he had gone there to say so, where he gave a speech near the place where Sankara was shot. https://t.co/G2xBqjV4I3 #ThomasSankara #Mémoire #Histoire (translated)

Bally Bagayoko wrote that, on October 17, 1961, hundreds of Algerian women and men were killed by Papon's police while they were peacefully protesting, and many were thrown into the Seine. He indicated that he had signed the mayors' call asking for this crime to be recognized as a crime of state, and he called for truth, memory, and justice. #17Octobre #Mémoire #Justice (translated)