After more than a month of tension over pension reform, many sectors of the business went on strike. Since the government came into force with the 43.3 activated on Thursday 16 March, spontaneous demonstrations have taken place every evening throughout France. AND even the students want to help make the protest even more intense.
🔴 An explosive cocktail is being prepared… Youth enters the battle: 1000 students and staff gathered in General Assembly in Tolbiac (University of Paris 1) in retaliation for 49.3 🔥 pic.twitter.com/AWwQPc9Doi
— Permanent Revolution (@PermanentRev) March 20, 2023
Tolbiac, Jussieu, Saint-Denis… Students are mobilizing against the pension reform
Several general assemblies were held on Monday March 20 at Ile-de-France universities, as reported Mediapart. Far from being demobilized by the government’s forced handover, students are organizing themselves to prepare for what’s to come: ” The fight is much wider than the pension issue now they tell the newspaper.
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Tolbiac, Jussieu, Saint-Denis… If the universities have mobilized since the beginning of the movement, the actions are multiplying: in Tolbiac more than a thousand students participate in the general assemblies, in Jussieu the classrooms are full” break », while in Paris VIII it is a matter of knowing whether the most relevant action is the blockade or the occupation.
🔴Very important police device a #Tolbiac after boarding block vote by 1000 students in AG. #Pension Reform
Dozens of security forces are positioning themselves to surround the building. pic.twitter.com/uuFrEkxT5z
—Clement Lanot (@ClementLanot) March 20, 2023
One thing is certain, given the strong national mobilization, the student movement will not dry up, especially if it gains other faculties.
Source: Madmoizelle

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