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HAPPENING NOW: Hundreds of thousands have taken the streets of Paris as part of Thursday’s nationwide general strike. (cdn.masto.host)
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The mobilization was called by French trade union organizations. They report that across the country, a total of 1.6 million people are participating in the strike, including 350,000 in Paris.

The unions are speaking out against rising cost of food, energy, housing which have eroded workers' purchasing power, while wages and pensions haven't kept pace. They are demanding wage increases, more funding for public services, and protections for industrial jobs. Their demands include wage increases, more funding for public services, and protections for industrial jobs.

The general strike is an escalation of the student demonstrations which have rocked France the last few weeks calling for more investment in public education, school staff, and deteriorating school infrastructure.

👉️ BT is on the ground in Paris, follow us for latest updates.

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[–] 10 points 2 days ago

Those damn Muslim immigrants! /s

Somehow Trump and friends are going to try to make this sound like it's immigrants rioting like they did for the student protests. It's crazy how right news outlets kept repeating his nonsense.

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    [–] -2 points 2 days ago

    This is really neat, but at the same time France is one of the countries more transparent in their neocolonialism, so ultimately my hope is that the remaining neocolonies will kick France's butt and let France deal with these contradictions.

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