‘We Took the Bastille’: Paris Student Protesters Clash With Police, With the Far Left Claiming the Movement
France’s interior ministry counted 71,500 protesters and 504 arrests on Oct. 8; by nightfall the Bastille was plastered with tags insulting police.
TL;DR
- Thousands of protesters gathered in Place de la Bastille in Paris on October 8.
- Protesters chanted slogans referencing the 1789 storming of the Bastille and called for a new revolution.
- Communist and Palestinian flags were visible, alongside banners invoking historical revolutions.
- Organizers scheduled another nationwide day of demonstrations for October 13.
- Some protesters referenced the Bolshevik Revolution and figures like Robespierre.