France COLLAPSES! Protesters Have Shut Down The Country! (Jimmy Dore)

Massive “Block Everything” protests have erupted across France against President Emmanuel Macron’s austerity measures and political elites, with 80,000 police deployed, resulting in nearly 300 arrests. Protesters, including students and unions, blocked highways, ports, and refineries while clashing with riot police, drawing comparisons to the 2018 Yellow Vest movement.

Jimmy and Americans’ Comedian Kurt Metzger frame the unrest as a revolt against rising taxes, spending cuts, and military aid to Ukraine while public services are slashed, and welcome the fact that the French have not lost their revolutionary spirit. Analysts note a generational shift in the protests, with younger demonstrators demanding more social justice, less inequality, and systemic political change.



[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, September 13, 2025.]