SNCF rail workers begin a rolling strike over Macron’s railway reform

Teachers, bus workers and residents mobilized over insecurity and violence affecting schools and transport. The protests widened into a strike and broader criticism of public-service conditions and...

Police evacuate the forest occupation at Bois Lejuc. The eviction ends a major phase of territorial occupation, while the wider movement continues legal challenges, public gatherings and opposition to...

A gathering in support of opponents of Cigéo faces police restrictions and force after the February eviction. The episode raises questions about public assembly and policing in a sparsely populated...

Municipalities, schools, services and businesses closed as a broad strike and roadblock campaign continued. The action connected immediate concerns over safety to demands for public investment and...

A nationwide day of action brought civil servants, railway workers, students and retirees into the streets. Public employees opposed pay freezes, job cuts and changes to public services; rail staff...

The Paris March of Solidarities brought migrant-rights groups, sans-papiers and allies into the streets against the government’s asylum and immigration bill. A Commons-archived video by the...

After the government abandoned plans for a new airport, police began clearing occupied areas at Notre-Dame-des-Landes. The ZAD had grown from opposition to the airport into a broad experiment in...

The collective “Zéro personne à la rue” requisitioned an unoccupied house in Brest and opened it as a home for unaccompanied young exiles. Basta! reported the action while the national asylum bill was...

A march organized by the Auberge des migrants began at the French-Italian border town of Vintimille and headed toward London, following routes taken by people seeking to cross borders. Basta! later...

Trade unions and allied groups marched in Paris and across France, calling for a “convergence of struggles” amid disputes over public services and labor reforms. The Paris union march was disrupted by...