Bordeaux town hall set on fire in France pension protests

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: BBC

Bordeaux town hall has been set on fire as French protests continued over plans to raise the pension age.

More than a million people took to the streets across France on Thursday, with 119,000 in Paris, according to figures from the interior ministry.
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In Paris, generally peaceful demonstrations saw occasional police clashes with masked rioters who smashed shop windows, demolished street furniture and attacked a McDonald's restaurant, according to Reuters news agency.

One police officer who lost consciousness was dragged to safety by fellow officers.


Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65057249

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It's getting serious. Seems like barricades aren't far behind ...

[Skittles]

1. I don't understand how arson would make anyone sympathize with your cause

[McKim]

3. They are not trying to win sympathy.

They are not trying to win sympathy, the whole country almost agrees with them. They are pushing back against Macron’s autocratic move to force them to work two more years until they can get government pensions. Unlike here, workers rights have been sacred up to this point. They are drawing a red line in the sand.

[Skittles]

4. arson is life-threatening

it should NEVER be used in a protest of ANY sort

[Fiendish Thingy]

2. Americans wouldn't react with such passion

Even if the government fucked with Social Security by raising the age or privatizing it.

[Skittles]

5. arson is not passion

it is a CRIME

[Magoo48]

6. In the USA, freedoms are lost, climate catastrophe is virtually ignored and corruption is tolerated,

because our grassroots will not be inconvenienced. Period.