The far left in France, could it happen here?

I think we have to be prepared as there is a national action day on November 20th for all universities , and they are protesting against main things . I read that even the anti migrant groups are asking people not to get involved but I fear for the day being hijacked

There is also action this weekend. Did any of you watch the videos of the chaos in France?

I think the French have always been prone to this type of rioting. Think of the French Revolution........

Judging by actual events here, I think we’re more likely to have riots caused by the far right

My friend’s 21 year old daughter had class yesterday at 8am. She had a text message at 7am school blocked by people no one knew behind a line of the bins.
It is not the school students now but far left and paid odd- job men.

Jeremy "Citizen Smith" Wolfie Corbyn was and always has been an Armchair Protester.

Come a real Revolution .
He couldn't knock the skin off a rice pudding.

As for the Les Francais. Riots seem be a recreational activity.A way of letting off steam. Well, it makes a change from one step forward and two steps backwards.

I know a lot of older British men still think of the French as being a bunch of cowards and collaborators after WW2. Not much sympathy there then ?

Also there seems to be an awful lot of looters and thugs. October seems to a popular time for them to shop early for Christmas before the weather gets too cold.

Tout Alors.

As for the British. They are far too busy and distracted shopping online and using Social Media to even care.
Shiny Happy People..

our local and other town halls including Limoges have had peaceful crowds gather in solidarity against the violence.

Good.

Sounds like, if the french government had dealt with their education issues better, it is possible the riots might not have started in the first place.

There are people like Mr. Yaxley-Lennon and other countries paying to stir up trouble as usual in every country.

mokryna

There are people like Mr. Yaxley-Lennon and other countries paying to stir up trouble as usual in every country.

Wasn't Jean-Marie Le Pen a precusor to this? And that was in the day before social media. He was very offensive and provocative with his anti-immigrant approach, but he was successful in re-establishing the far right into French politics. He was charismatic and media savy which counts for a lot when rousing the people, especially in today's climate.
Le Pen was an intelligent man with a great gift for demagogy (is that the English word?) I knew someone who was at school with him in Brittany and he was expelled for bad behaviour and fighting as a teenager. Seems like these toxic types exist all over.

It’s very obvious that there are people paid to stir up trouble in many European countries. Think who would benefit from this - Russia and his best pal the USA - and when chaos follows, the figures behind it step in. So we have useful idiots like Farage and Yaxley 10 name Lennon. Cause chaos then send in the balaclava thugs to ‘save us’.
The upsurge in balaclava sakes with black shirts and shorts should be a worry for us all. Look
How quickly these thugs respond to the dog whistles in this country - no surprise they do so in France, Madrid or any other place. Rent a mob. The model they are following was shown to work in Nazi Germany!

I think riots like in France could very easily happen in the UK. Last Summer, there were so-called "protests" in many British towns and cities. They weren't that different from what's happening in France, although the exact catalyst was different.

fancythat

Sounds like, if the french government had dealt with their education issues better, it is possible the riots might not have started in the first place.

I don't think it was ever just about education. It could have been any catalyst.

The "pay" is the prospect of loosing control and being able to loot businesses, it's the criminals that try to do that, they hate authority so the prospect of injuring a few dozen police and burning property adds to the fun.

The police should take notice and not allow any demonstrations they cannot control

PollyEsther

fancythat

Sounds like, if the french government had dealt with their education issues better, it is possible the riots might not have started in the first place.

I don't think it was ever just about education. It could have been any catalyst.

But school pupils started things.

On TV a French mother waiting for her son to come out of the court, heartbroken she asked him why he accepted a stolen article when he was handed it.
Then a twenty + year old given a prison sentence, could not understand why, because although he had been caught carrying two full petrol cans, in the vicinity of the riots, he thought it was unjustified as he had had a clean slate.

A post on Facebook, yes, I know, from the Financial Times, says that security officials claim pro-Russian and far right social media accounts linked to previous disinformation campaigns have spread violent videos in an attempt to sow more chaos.

I believe we are more at risk of riots from what can simply be called far right. The recent riots after the murders in Southport and towards asylum seekers have attracted men with histories of criminal convictions and domestic abuse.

The Russians seem determined to cause dissent in Europe and we have Trump making outrageous inflammatory comments about every govt except his own

Public services aren’t perfect, they’re struggling for obvious reasons. Not “far left” reasons

This weekend is the far right’s rally in Orléans, so the chaos will continue.

I’ve just seen a daily mail on line article stating a Green Party activist is encouraging young people here to take part in the upcoming day of action.
I do hope not

I had a laugh at the French’miserablism’ thinking pot kettle black. Here the British still get the unfortunate label of ‘whinging poms’ from time to time because they are seen as complainers . Maybe ‘caught’ it from the French?

Iam64

I’ve just seen a daily mail on line article stating a Green Party activist is encouraging young people here to take part in the upcoming day of action.
I do hope not

The Green Party is Trouble (with a capital T).

How sad that a party which started with such good, altruistic intentions has been taken over and has become more like a far left protest group.

We had an excellent Green candidate 10ish years ago.
I tend to vote for the person not the party so ticked the box, sadly he lost.

nanna8

I had a laugh at the French’miserablism’ thinking pot kettle black. Here the British still get the unfortunate label of ‘whinging poms’ from time to time because they are seen as complainers . Maybe ‘caught’ it from the French?

The phrase "Performative Miserablism" comes from an amusing article about France by Tom Forth, written a few years ago.
Nothing to do with the "whinging pom" British immigrants to Australia.

Mamie

nanna8

I had a laugh at the French’miserablism’ thinking pot kettle black. Here the British still get the unfortunate label of ‘whinging poms’ from time to time because they are seen as complainers . Maybe ‘caught’ it from the French?

The phrase "Performative Miserablism" comes from an amusing article about France by Tom Forth, written a few years ago.
Nothing to do with the "whinging pom" British immigrants to Australia.

And that's the paradox.

As a nation, the French are miserable about the state of their country, and they do always see the negative aspects of an economic crisis as a sign of decline. It's like they feel doomed, which is silly, because they always come out the other side.
And yet, in their personal lives I find them a very happy bunch of people who enjoy their families and friends, and their everyday pleasures. The expression joie de vivre wasn't coined for nothing.