DEMONSTRATORS TAKE THE LONG, WIDE STRAIGHT STREETS
BUILT FOR MARCHING TROOPS
They cross the canal overpass...
Les Indignés (like Occupy)
In 2012
To assemble at one of the huge spaces built for assembling the army, often place de la République:
Heart of the giant demonstration after the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attack (January 2015)
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AVAAZ / zoom |
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Nuit debout ("Up all night") / zoom |
Siomara Cramer
The immense barracks at the edge of working-class territory (please click and scroll down).
Americans join a protest against Trump's visit (November 2018)
They demonstrate at Trump's second inauguration (January 2025)
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Epicenter of left-wing mobilisation against the xenophobic far right when it was expected to win the legislative elections of 2024...
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Adapted from a Getty photo in The New York Times, July 1, 2024 (cut) |
The New York Times, July 7, 2024 (cut)
Place de la République shows how
urban transformation meant to repress insurrection
has become a progressives' tool.
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