“France’s Student Protests: Education Under Austerity”by Ana Vračar in Savage Minds on Substack @EducationWeek @education @edu_ccl @france “Massive school protests are ongoing in France, where students have been mobilising for their right to education—and against the austerity measures undermining it. Roughly 1,800 high schools were forced to shut down on Tuesday, 6 October, as students—supported by trade unions, families, and progressive politicians—took to the streets. According to trade unions, over 450,000 people participated in protests across the country.”open.substack.com/pub/savagemi#Press #SocialMedia #France #Student #Protest #Police #PoliceViolence #Repression #Austerity #Education

“The Dark Side of France”by Adrian Goldberg in The Byline Times on Substack @france24 @france @France3Regions “Irish journalist Enda O'Doherty talks to the Byline Times podcast about his new book, which traces France's long history of anti-semitism, racism and Islamophobia”open.substack.com/pub/bylineti#Press #SocialMedia #Journalism #France #AntiSemitism #Islamophobia #FarRight

“'Earth's Greatest Enemy' Delivers A Penetrating Insight Into The Heart Of Our Dystopia”by Caitlin Johnstone in Caitlin’s Newsletter on Substack @thegreenparty @ZackPolanski @UKLabour @green @us_news @USAToday @EUCommission @BBC5Live@BBCRadio4@BBCNews@guardian@Independent @thetimes@newyorktimes@miamiherald“There’s a powerful new documentary out called Earth’s Greatest Enemy by Abby Martin about the ecocidal abuses of the US war machine, and it addresses the most pressing existential hurdles we face as a species like nothing I’ve seen before”open.substack.com/pub/caitlinj#Press #SocialMedia #Journalism #Earth #Enemy #US #WarMachine #Ecocide #Martin #Documentary #Pentagon #Toxins #Plunder #Empire #Collapse

“‘WE WANTED TO SAVE LIVES’, PALESTINE ACTIVISTS TELL COURT”by John McEvoy in Declassified UK@palestine @iran @iraq @palestinenews @uk_politics @UKLabour “A jury at Birmingham crown court is deliberating whether four pro-Palestine activists committed criminal damage at an arms factory in Wolverhampton.Defendants Iain Evans, Hisham Alkhamesi, Frank Sherman, and Hana Yun-Stevens believed the factory, used by arms firm Moog, supplied weaponry to Israel.They climbed onto the roof in August 2025, smashed equipment and unveiled a banner saying ‘Free Palestine’ while wearing T-shirts with the names of Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes”declassifieduk.org/we-wanted-t#Press #SocialMedia #UK #Moog #ProPalestine #Weapons #Israel #Jury #Court #PalestinianGenocide #Gaza #Genocide #Israel

“US Project Freedom fell apart after 'backlash' from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait: Report”by The Cradle News Deskpalestine@fedibird.com@Palestine@masto.ai @palestine@lemmy.ml@iran “Saudi Arabia and Kuwait suspended US access to their military sites in opposition to Washington’s so-called Project Freedom, according to a 6 May report by NBC News. ‘Trump’s abrupt reversal on his plan to help ships go through the Strait of Hormuz came after [Saudi Arabia] suspended the US military’s ability to use its bases and airspace to carry out the operation,’ two US officials told the US outlet.”#Press #SocialMedia #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #OperationEpsteinFury #OperationEpicMistake #RegimeChange #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Hormuz #Empire #Collapse #US #ProjectFreedom #SaudiArabia #Kuwait