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Workers’ Day 2024 in Paris
As Labour Day demonstrations escalated in Paris, Gendarmerie and Police Nationale officers stormed the streets with batons, tear gas, rubber bullets, and stun grenades to repress demonstrators who retaliated with bricks and bottles. Unions demanded peace in Palestine and better working conditions, on a day that annually represents workers rights.
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Irish Far-right Rally
Dublin, 5th February 2024. The Irish National Party organised a rally in Dublin city centre (the same exact location that a riot organised by the National Party itself on the 23rd November 2023) to demonstrate against the open-border policy and the housing crisis which, according to the demonstrators, is a consequence of the presence of…
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Irish Far-right Riot
Dublin, 23rd November 2024. After a man naturalised Irish stabbed three children and two adults in front of a school in Dublin, many far-right supporters protested in the streets of the Dublin city centre, reducing the central O’Connell street to a battlefield. The situation escalated when a big group of what the community called ‘scumbaggs’…
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Gilet Jaunes 5th Anniversary Protest
On 18th November 2024, in Paris, the yellow vests gathered in all major French cities to show the government that the movement has grown and strengthened over the years. The protesters main demands were to lower petrol prices, France’s exit from Europe (Frexit) and NATO.
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Millions Take to the Streets in Unprecedented Show of Support for Palestine
On October 7th, the world witnessed the most aggressive response Hamas has had toward Israel. Hamas, fired around 5,000 rockets into Israeli territory, overloading their anti-missile system in a never-before-seen offensive many Israelis refer to as “their 9/11”. Israel’s response was equally unprecedented: a reinforcement of the naval blockade that had dramatically impacted the lives…
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Peaceful Protest against French Government
On 13th October 2023 strikes and demonstrations took place across France. Demonstrators gathered to protest against austerity policies, for higher wages and for equality between men and women. Many protested in support of the Palestinian population, leaning on an authorised demonstration after French government banned demonstrations in support of Palestine.
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Riot against Police Brutality and Discriminating Behaviours in France
Between the end of June and the beginning of July 2023, France experienced a long week of riots against the police and the anti-terrorism law of 2017. The protests originated after a police officer killed a 17 year-old man at a checkpoint in Nanterre, suburb of Paris.
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May Day 2023
In France, People were protesting for months against the new pensions reform. Rioters and police officers in full anti-riot gear clashed once again on May Day in the streets of Paris.