French high school students are continuing their mobilization by blocking schools to demand more resources for their learning, while Louis Boyard, LFI deputy, warns that this discontent will not be resolved by repression. (translated)
Argenteuil: a high school student was hit in the eye by a police shot. I am contacting the Public Prosecutor. The repression must stop immediately. My press release ⤵️ https://t.co/oleMnnzPQ5 (translated)
Sophie Binet, general secretary of the CGT, accuses the government of the strategy that led to the violence that erupted around the high schools, calling for an immediate dialogue with the high school students and denouncing police repression. (translated)
The social and political left, in solidarity with the high school movement, needs to meet as soon as possible to discuss means of unitedly supporting the mobilization of youth, protecting them against repression, and participating in amplifying the social unrest that is rising across the country. (translated)
The whole country is deeply shocked. Shocked to see a high school girl being strangled. Shocked to see a high school boy lose all his teeth after being shot with tear gas. Shocked to see a 16-year-old lose an eye after being shot with a LBD. This police repression is the shame of Macron. (translated)
The novelty is not that the left is using high school and university students for their own ends. It's that with the "new France," what would have been limited to a bit of damage and a few tags with the old one can now turn into a national riot of the 2023 type. At the same time, the government does not want to bear the political cost of a fierce crackdown on "high school students." (translated)
Today marks nine years since we made the ballots possible and defended the right to decide, despite repression. The pride of that day remains intact. And the commitment too: full amnesty and freedom to decide our future. (translated)
They are overwhelmed only because they chose the strategy of repression; if they had chosen a strategy of communication and protection, there would be no problem. (translated)
🚨 HISTORIC 🏫 OVER 30 UNIVERSITIES and nearly 600 HIGH SCHOOLS are BLOCKED this morning, according to the union L’Union étudiante. ⚠️ Several acts of REPRESSION and clashes are taking place, whether with law enforcement or "La Cocarde" (far-right student union opposed to the movement). (translated)
Violence is not our method of action. The government's response must not be solely repression: there needs to be a political response. (translated)
Does police repression shock you? A child strangled? A young person who loses an eye? It shocks me. (translated)
The Gramscian French state that sees schools being set on fire recognizes these facts as positive because they show that more educational services, more psychologists, more funds for inclusion, more listening services, more widespread control, and more repression of racism are needed. And these are all services that it will provide personally. (translated)
The closure of the independent news site T24 by Turkish authorities, accused of LGBT propaganda, illustrates an intensification of repression against the LGBT+ community in Turkey. (translated)
I am learning via an AFP dispatch that the police prefect of Paris has sent a report concerning me to the public prosecutor of Bobigny in the context of the high school mobilizations. I take note of this and I will naturally respond to any request from the judiciary. This report seeks to lend credibility to a controversy based on truncated quotes and biased videos. Facts, however, are stubborn and prove that violence is not our method of action. Each of my visits to the various blockades has sought to ensure safe and serene conditions for young people so that they can express their demands. That is the essential matter and nothing should distract us from it. These demands call for a political response, not for silence or repression. And, whatever happens, I will continue to stand by their side, peacefully and firmly. (translated)
FLASH - The Student Union publishes a "TUTORIAL in 5 steps" to BLOCK your high school or college tomorrow. The union is calling to gather at 6:30 AM, prepare signs and slogans, film police interventions, and "face the repression." (translated)
⚠️🔴 Huge demonstration by the education staff of Paul Eluard, calling for an expansion of the mobilization and to go on strike alongside the high school students! They are calling for a general assembly of the high schools of St-Denis and the surrounding areas at 12 PM in front of Paul Eluard! They have been on strike for 1 week, to support the students and protect them against police repression. Support the strike fund so they can hold out until their demands in the high schools are met! 🗳️ https://t.co/aFqmIU4q0g make a donation ✊🏼🙏🏼 (translated)
In Venezuela, the party of María Corina Machado is reorganizing and some opposition members have returned to the country to resume political activity, while the leader remains abroad to escape the regime's repression. (translated)
The students are joining the movement! In Rennes, students have decided to block the university. Tomorrow, dozens of other universities will follow. The government's repression cannot do anything about it. The solidarity of the youth is total. The movement will not stop. Well done to the young people. You are legitimate, make yourselves respected! (translated)
What I saw this morning at Braque High School in Argenteuil: high school students peacefully expressing legitimate demands; teachers and parents present in support. The government that describes this movement as an "urban riot" wants to legitimize its violent repression to avoid having to answer for the consequences of its budget cuts on young people's lives. (translated)
⚡️FLASH - Mobilization #highschool: the deputy Clémentine #Autain calls on the police prefect after the intervention of law enforcement in #Sevran. The elected official reports the use of mounted police, several arrests, 3 GAV (garde à vue), a shot from a LBD (defense ball launcher) into the legs of a representative of parents of students, as well as "numerous insults" from police towards young people and educational staff. "This mobilization deserves political responses. Not repression," she denounces. (translated)
