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We block everything! September 10, France
A short update on the September 10th protests in Paris and France.
Since dawn in dozens of cities in France, the “Block Everything” movement began with the aim of closing the highways around the cities and blocking traffic. In some areas, this was achieved by completely closing roads, highways, and even entire cities, while in Paris, an attempt was made to block the ring road that separates Paris from the suburbs. The cops were ready with 80,000 of them throughout the country. From 6 am, the roadblocks, the blocking of stores/companies/supermarkets such as Carrefour (also targeted in solidarity with Palestine), train stations and high schools, in hundreds of places, began. The cops’ order was to immediately intervene in the blocking points, with beatings and arrests (over 500 arrests in the whole country).
Of course, the forces of repression in many of the points found themselves disorganized and surprised by the movement, as they found resistance and counterattacks. Many of the blockades lasted for hours, even the whole day, while others were quickly dispersed, however, turning the “retreat” into spontaneous marches and alternative targets. People stayed on the streets from dawn until night, disrupting normality by any means, from fanfare to clashes. Some interesting actions were:













