‘We Took the Bastille’: Paris Student Protesters Clash With Police, With the Far Left Claiming the Movement
France’s interior ministry counted 71,500 protesters and 504 arrests on Oct. 8; by nightfall the Bastille was plastered with tags insulting police.
Thousands of protesters gathered in Paris’s Place de la Bastille on October 8, shouting slogans referencing the storming of the Bastille in 1789 and calling for future demonstrations. Many protesters displayed communist and Palestinian flags, with some signs invoking revolutionary historical events like the Bolshevik Revolution and France’s own revolutionary past. The protest aimed to build momentum for another nationwide day of demonstrations scheduled for October 13.
- Thousands of protesters gathered in Place de la Bastille in Paris on October 8.
- Protesters chanted slogans referencing the 1789 storming of the Bastille and called for a new revolution.
- Communist and Palestinian flags were visible, alongside banners invoking historical revolutions.
- Organizers scheduled another nationwide day of demonstrations for October 13.
- Some protesters referenced the Bolshevik Revolution and figures like Robespierre.
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