{"id":11342,"date":"2026-10-25T19:55:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T19:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=11342"},"modified":"2026-10-25T19:55:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T19:55:58","slug":"the-narrative-battle-over-frances-unrest-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=11342","title":{"rendered":"The narrative battle over France\u2019s unrest | Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Student protests, police violence and French media obsessed with ‘barbarians’.<\/p>\n

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What began as protests over education has rapidly taken over the streets of France and turned into one of the country\u2019s biggest waves of unrest in years.<\/p>\n

Many mainstream media outlets have focused their coverage on the violence and looting rather than on the demands of the demonstrators. A lot of airtime has fixated on who the protesters are and what they look like, often using racist terms. That narrative has been picked up by right-wing movements abroad.<\/p>\n

Contributors:
<\/strong>Cole Stangler \u2013 author, Paris Is Not Dead, and lecturer, American College of the Mediterranean
Diane de Vignemont \u2013 Paris-based journalist
Harrison Stetler \u2013 lecturer and writer
Philippe Marliere \u2013 professor of French and European politics, University College London<\/p>\n

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The Listening Post<\/em> spoke with its editor-in-chief and cofounder Olga Rudenko about the pressures of reporting when your country is at war.<\/p>\n

Featuring:
<\/strong>Olga Rudenko \u2013 editor-in-chief, The Kyiv Independent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Published On 25 Oct 2026<\/span>25 Oct 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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