The people of France and the streets are a pair that has given everything that the history books can host. Even today, the neighboring country maintains its Ansias of protest The view already that they do not lack popular reasons or supports. This Thursday, the main cities Galas have lived a massive general strike that has mobilized close of one million people. At least, according to the calls; For the authorities the scope is reduced to something More than 500,000 people.
If there is figures in the participants, it is not less related to arrests and injured people. The last official balance raises the account of the arrested about 200 When the night has not fallen yet at least 22 injured, Between police, protesters and a journalist. Everything, watered by some disturbances that have traveled a metaphorically in flames that resembles the one he discovered Sébastien Lecornu in the protest last weekas soon as his position as Chief of the Executive.
At the head of the protest are the main unions, which have dragged hundreds of thousands of discontent – the final number varies according to who tells it – all over the ‘hexagon’. Proclamation was a massive protest for severe social scissors of 44,000 million promoted by the government of the already resigned François Bayrou. Because despite its fall via motion of lost trust, the day remained. And, incidentally, it has served as Scenario for other causeslike the Palestinestrongly supported by the hundreds of events convened this September 18.
A protester raised his flag of France in one of the most massive protests of the day, in Paris
The day has given a lot in a continuum of claxons, screams, banners, Palestinian flags and police endowments with which to shield the corners of a country installed in the blockade. To a Assault on the headquarters of the Ministry of Economycalled to chaos already “block everything” for some black blocks Very guarded by the security force. In a chromatic duel, they have also been noticed The ‘yellow vests’like another of the great groups in struggle in France.
Against that parliamentary and social disagreement wants to fight the newly appointed and ‘macronista‘ Sébastien Lecornuwho already knows that he does not have precisely popular fervor. Despised by a parliamentary opposition that sees in him the “last attempt” of Macron before returning to the polls ,.
This Thursday was announced even more powerful, although convening and authorities discuss the true impact of it, between struggles for assistance figures. Ahead, still, a long night.
‘Bercy’ taking ‘: protesters enter the Ministry of Economy of Finance
It has been one of the images of the day: dozens of trade unionists They entered the Patio of the Ministry of Economylocated in the Parisian neighborhood of Bercy. This has been one of the epicenter of social rabies, in a sound and visual protest that has lasted the minutes that took the Police to take them out of force. Also here numerous Palestinian flags have been seen accompanying purely ‘national’ claims
Palestine, omnipresent
Because the black, green, white and red teach has been one of the most raised from the first hour. Symbol of protests worldwide, France was not going to be less. From Paris to Marseille, from Lille to Bordeaux They have been seen massively and accompanied by multitematic screams: by the Freedom of the Palestinian people, against Israelbut also between anti -fascist slogans and for the labor struggle.
Loads and disturbances in a armored country … again
They have not lacked Police charges nor the launches of tear gas boats to stop the revolts that have centralized in Paris and other large cities. The executive already advanced his intention to shield the country and At various times, tension scenes have been lived.
The Government, as made back, has checked its ‘performance’ and that the mobilizations have been “less intense than expected”, in the words of the still Minister of Interior, Bruno Retailleau, largely by the Very strong deployment police officer 80,000 agents.
Police stop one of the protesters in Paris
Paris and much more
The capital again centralize the spotlights, but it has not been, much less, the only massive scenario. Just take an eye on snapshots captured in Marsella, Lyon, Lille, Nantes… There has been no great city gala that has not lived on September 18 ‘serious’ for the strike.
