State of emergency declared during banlieue unrest

After weeks of hunger strike, undocumented residents in Lille celebrated an agreement providing for immediate regularization of 60 people and a phased review of other cases. The strike brought...

The FO-CFDT-SUD inter-union called a 24-hour strike at La Poste. Réunion’s CGTR-PTT also raised staffing and service-access concerns, including post offices in Le Port and Saint-André. The dispute...

In January 2005 the Appel des Indigènes de la République circulated publicly, connecting contemporary racism, unequal access to housing, work, health and education, and policing with France’s colonial...

The movement’s first march took place on 8 May, the anniversary of the 1945 Sétif and Guelma massacres in Algeria and the end of the Second World War in Europe. Organizers used the date to contest...

Zyed Benna and Bouna Traoré died by electrocution in an electrical substation in Clichy-sous-Bois after fleeing a police operation; Muhittin Altun survived with severe burns. Their deaths became the...

Students, school pupils and trade unions began coordinated demonstrations against the proposed Contrat première embauche (CPE), a fixed-term employment contract for young people under 26 that would...

A further national protest day brought students, school pupils and workers into demonstrations and strikes against the CPE. University blockades and general assemblies made students active political...

Following weeks of student occupations, strikes and mass demonstrations, the government announced that the CPE would be replaced. The campaign showed how a coalition of young people, unions and school...

Police forcibly evicted hundreds of people, many undocumented migrants and families, from the Cachan housing occupation. Local residents, municipal workers, associations and public figures organized...

The Enfants de Don Quichotte collective set up tents beside the Canal Saint-Martin to make homelessness visible and press for stable housing. The camp invited people with secure housing to encounter...