In Marseille, Lyon, and Strasbourg: after several morning blockades in front of schools across France, thousands of people, mainly high school students, university students, and teachers, began marching in several cities across the Alps for the so-called fifth act of the student mobilization, awaiting the Parisian march that will depart at 2 p.m. from Place d'Italie and head to the Esplanade des Invalides.

Protests are also expected in cities such as Aix-en-Provence, Le Havre, and Brest. In Lyon, several thousand people began marching from the city center toward Villeurbanne, where a general assembly of high school students is scheduled to begin at 12 p.m. at a local cultural center. In Strasbourg, protesters gathered in Place Kléber, in the city center, waiting to begin their march with flags and signs reading "Study, Housing, Dignity."

And then there's Swedish activist Greta Thunberg: "Young people aren't being involved in the discussions. They're stealing our future, and as we've seen here, schools aren't receiving the investment they need," she told reporters outside the Lycée Paul-Eluard in Saint-Denis, just outside Paris. The 23-year-old Scandinavian, wearing a keffiyeh, then added: "So what should we do? Give up? Of course not. That's exactly what people are saying here: we won't give up, and we will fight for this future that's being taken away from us." Thunberg then said she was "extremely proud of the French students."

He then denounced an "extremely violent" police force that fails to protect young people. "This says everything about the police and who they actually protect. Law enforcement should protect young people."

(Unioneonline)

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