Since July, protesters of all stripes have been trying to organize themselves, online, to stop France at the start of the school year. An initiative that starts from an associative café in the North and that the most anti-Macron networks have reappropriated.
"On September 10, we're blocking everything. The red graffiti is on Telegram on August . "This is one of the first tags seen, bravo," said Andrea, who broadcasts the photo in the channel "Let's dign us. " On the messaging, as on Facebook, TikTok, X, Instagram and sometimes specific sites, since mid-July, thousands of French-speaking accounts have been discussing and organizing for a “blocking of the country” on D-day.
There are many tensions. "Very sad how the group moved from a call for a boycott to a call for protests," a certain "K T" regrets on the same day. “There is a boycott and a boycott. The initial one was a little bit of a baby," cinges Greg in response.
In a matter of weeks, the appeal has federated protesters from both the radical left and the extreme right and the “anti-system” communities born during the “yellow vests” and COVID-19. As a result, the aims of 10 September (be better paid, defying the government, etc.) and the means used (strike, voluntary confinement, trade boycott, etc.) have very opposite meanings depending on political convictions.
In the executive branch, a “viral movement” is said to be closely followed without an affiliated leader or party, RTL reported on July 24. The risks of “physical mobilization” on September 10 were considered low. On the side of law enforcement, the time was also for “prudence” at the end of July, according to Franceinfo, in the face of a bubbling primarily online and described as « inorganisé »“unorganized”.
