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Galaad
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Li mort as morz, li vif as vis
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posted October 08, 2026 11:04 AM |
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Edited by Galaad at 15:11, 08 Oct 2026.
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Panda_Tar said:
And all these riots, they say it started with students and teachers demanding for better conditions, and have escalated to something else. What is this something else as for now, from an in loco PoV?
From what I can see here, it hasn't really turned into a completely different cause. It started with very concrete problems in schools: missing teachers, understaffing, deteriorating buildings and generally poor study conditions.
Since then, the movement has broadened. University students have joined, the demands now include things like Parcoursup, school funding and inequalities between institutions, and teachers' unions and other unions have also become involved. So it has gradually become a wider youth and social protest rather than just a series of local school blockades.
At the same time, some demonstrations have become much more violent. There have been fires, vandalism and clashes with police, with injuries on both sides. Hundreds of police officers have been injured, while several minors have also suffered severe, sometimes life-changing injuries, including a 15-year-old who lost a hand. After that incident, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez temporarily suspended the use of the type of stun grenade involved in student protests pending an investigation
So I wouldn't describe it as "students asked for better conditions and then it became riots". The original demands are still very much there. It's more that an education-focused protest has grown into a much broader movement, while the violence surrounding some demonstrations has become a story of its own.
There are also calls for a new Yellow Vest mobilisation on October 17, mainly around fuel prices and purchasing power. It's too early to know whether it will really take off, but it adds another layer of social discontent in the background.
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Panda_Tar
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posted October 08, 2026 05:47 PM |
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I see. It was strange looking from here, because some Palestinian flags could be seen amidst the chaos. That's what prompted the media about the escalation, if the purposes and the scope had changed or was being used to push something else parallelly.
Meanwhile, our president is creating non-stop fake news. Considering they had arrested people accused of fake news, the president is doing a poor job at not being a hypocrite. But he's being like that almost since birth. The filth uses his wife (who is another filth) at his speeches to try and reach women with their foul lies. However, all the time they open their mouths, the backlash tramples them. It, finally, looks like most 'undecided' Brazilians have awakened.
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