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Citizens' Media accused several French media outlets, notably France Inter, France Info, and France Culture, of providing massive and biased coverage of high school and student mobilizations. The media claimed that more than a hundred reports made on-site had been broadcast since the start of the movement, and that the testimonies of the most demanding protesters were often relayed without sufficient verification. It estimated that this treatment contributed to presenting a movement as general that it described as essentially driven by activists. According to Citizens' Media, the media also failed to sufficiently confront the demands with the responsibilities of regions in the material funding of high schools and institutional realities. To support its remarks, the media cited the analysis of over 60,000 contributions submitted on the ministry's consultation platform: timetables represented 70% of concerns, the state of school buildings 48.2%, teacher replacements 27.2%, and teacher staffing 25.9%. The elimination of Parcoursup appeared in 16.4% of the contributions, it noted. Citizens' Media also pointed out that the ministry indicated, on October 13, that 94.2% of high schools were open. It lamented that students opposed to blockages, parents, and teachers wishing to continue classes were not being heard. The media called on newsrooms to verify claims, contextualize demands, and solicit dissenting viewpoints. #Médias #RévolteLycéenne #Journalisme (translated)

Elvina Aslan described a gap between French political discourse on freedom, equality, and democracy and the social difficulties she mentioned, notably the cost of living for families and the concerns of young people about their future. She wrote that in the crisis she attributed to Emmanuel Macron, citizens felt abandoned, economically strangled, and excluded from political decisions. She added that peacefully protesting was not a crime and believed that the state should understand the causes of discontent and protect the rights of citizens. #France #Démocratie #JusticeSociale (translated)

Thousands of protesters marched through Athens on Wednesday 21 October, demanding greater investment in education. Crowds filled the streets of the capital, waving banners, chanting slogans and beating drums as they made their way past the Greek parliament. #EducationProtest #Greece #StudentRights

Antoine Léaument asked Laurent Nuñez why people he described as fascists, chanting racist slogans, were able to violate the curfew. He wondered whether this was due to instructions from Laurent Nuñez or the prefect of Rhône, or if Laurent Nuñez no longer had control over the situation. #Fascisme #Racisme #CouvreFeu (translated)

Philippe Lemoine asked what concrete demands the protesters were making, believing that their discontent with the stagnation or decline of real disposable income did not constitute a proposal in itself. He stated that they would be unable to present realistic measures and would merely demand more money or suggest "taking from the rich." He added that the reinstatement of the wealth tax (ISF) and the establishment of the Zucman tax would, in his opinion, bring in 20 to 30 billion euros at most, while there would still be 100 billion to find. He asked where the protesters proposed to find that amount. #Revendiquer #Economie #Manifestation (translated)

Arthur Machado stated that if Lula lost the elections on the 25th, sectors of the right that defined themselves by anti-PT sentiment could be left without a central opponent, since, according to him, they had not built an alternative project for the country. Machado criticized a portion of the liberal right, which, in his view, repeated slogans without presenting proposals to attract investments, modernize laws, or promote coexistence with divergent views. He also mentioned that the PT could fragment and compete for space among leaders after Lula. As an example, he cited European sectors that, according to him, reorganized their political identity around fighting other groups, including the radical right. Machado stated that without a consistent national project, former opponents of the PT could start targeting Eduardo Bolsonaro and other movements in search of new adversaries. The author also said that the criticisms of the "5th element" came from groups without a project or knowledge about Brazil and claimed that political groups that treated law as a tool for control, rather than as a guarantee of rights and freedoms, were technocratic and promoted a Chinese governance model. He concluded that the problem for these sectors would be discovering that they never had a project to replace Lula as an opponent. #PolíticaBrasil #Antipetismo #Lula (translated)

The article explores the origin of the slogans of the high school mobilization, emphasizing that they come from enigmatic messages received on Snapchat, allegedly sent by police trying to infiltrate the organized groups for the blockades. #MobilisationLycéenne #Slogans #Tensions (translated)

Impact reported that demonstrations in support of the Palestinians and against the normalization of relations with Israel had taken place in several cities in Morocco. According to its message, participants waved Palestinian flags and chanted slogans against the rapprochement between the two countries, one of which contained an insult aimed at Israelis. Impact also indicated that several protesters had been arrested and that organizers denounced an intervention against a mobilization that they described as peaceful. The message reminded that Morocco and Israel had announced the opening of embassies in their respective capitals, citing local media. #Maroc #Palestine #Normalisation (translated)

High school students are reinventing the codes of social mobilization by combining creativity, humor, and contemporary cultural references, using cardboard signs and impactful slogans to express their discontent and political engagement. #MobilisationLycéenne #GénérationZ #CréativitéPolitique (translated)

Impact indicated that "Bismillah, it’s the darkness" had become one of the slogans of high school protests and that a large sign bearing this phrase had been held up in front of the security forces. According to the account, the slogan came from a screenshot of a Snapchat conversation in which a police officer had infiltrated a group of high school students to learn about their intentions. Impact added that several Muslims considered the phrase disrespectful to their religion, as "Bismillah" means "in the name of God" and associating it with darkness was seen as an offense. The account attributed the images to Rémy Buisine and Brut. #Manifestations #Lycéens #RespectReligion (translated)

Thank you to the women and men who put their lives in danger to protect ours. And absolute shame on those who recycle their stinking slogans against the police. It is not the police who kill but the thugs and criminals. "Thank you to the women and men who put their lives in danger to protect ours. And absolute shame on those who recycle their stinking slogans against the police. It is not the police who kill but the thugs and criminals," said the president of the MR, Georges-Louis Bouchez. #Hommage #Policier #Sécurité (translated)

A sociologist from Butiquim stated that he was following, through a profile, the publications of the far-right and assessed that it was on the same rhythm as his group in 2018, with a melancholic and complaining tone and repeating old slogans. He also said that his group would defeat it emphatically. #ExtremaDireita #SlogansBatidos #Resistência (translated)