France riots: Leftist groups in 13 countries plotting next demonstrations

The political theater of “Chaos Inc.” is preparing for a “rebellion…sweeping Europe.”

Two days after an estimated 500,000 demonstrators poured into streets across France and clashes left parts of Paris and other cities burning, French activists are calling supporters back into the streets Saturday, Oct. 24, for a new protest billed as “Acte II,” with 212 “mobilizations” currently planned, according to a digital map of the plans.

And a growing number of communist, socialist and hard-leftist organizations are answering another call for a coordinated European youth strike on Friday, Nov. 20.

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Student and youth groups affiliated with communism, socialism and far-left activism plan a new protest, “Acte II,” for Oct. 24, 2026, and use an interactive digital map to show their planned “mobilizations.” (Acte II)

A Fox News Digital investigation has now identified 101 organizations across 13 countries – including the U.S. – that are coordinating, organizing or amplifying protests in Europe in an expanding protest ecosystem, up from 54 organizations identified on Monday.

Most of the groups are adult-led, with just 33 organizations – or one in three – led by students or youth. They represent a nexus of the “red-green” alliance, merging Islamist organizations that are symbolized by the color green, and far-left, communist and socialist groups represented by the color red.

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The network also include groups that proudly use the “Antifa” moniker, like “Action AntiFa16,” an organization that describes itself in the Angoulême, France, Acte II announcement.

Across the Atlantic, leaders in the U.S. franchise of “Chaos Inc.” are amplifying the protests. University of California at Berkeley academic Hatem Bazian, founder of anti-Israel Palestinian organizations including Students for Justice in Palestine and American Muslims for Palestine, shared videos from the protests.

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Revealing the complex threads of the “red-green” alliance, Bazian drew connections between this year’s Oct. 17 riots in Paris, explosions at the Al Alhi Hospital in Gaza on Oct. 17, 2023, and protests on Oct. 17, 1961, in Paris by Algerian demonstrators , which led to a bloody and deadly confrontation with police. Hamas officials blamed Israel for the hospital deaths, while Israel attributed the blast to a failed, errant rocket launched from within Gaza by Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

Bazian didn’t respond to a request for comment.

The European unrest is also receiving sympathetic amplification from a network of pro-communist organizations, including BreakThrough News, CodePink and the Party for Socialism and Liberation, funded and supported by Neville Roy Singham, an American-born tech tycoon who lives in Shanghai and has expressed support for “new world order” of the Chinese Communist Party and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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On Tuesday afternoon, BreakThrough News is planning an online discussion with a headline that captures how the outlet is framing the unrest: “Europe’s Youth Uprising.”

“A rebellion is sweeping Europe,” BreakThrough News declares.

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“From student barricades in France, to Spain’s housing encampments, to Albanians marching to save their coastline from Jared Kushner, Gen Z is rising up against austerity, soaring rents, and governments pouring money into weapons and war instead of their future,” the outlet said.

A protester holds a rock to throw at police as a kiosk burns during a demonstration near Place de la République, as the the Gilets Jaunes join students for a weekend of action on October 17, 2026 in Paris, France. (Carl Court/Getty Images)

BreakThrough News said protests had spread “from Paris and Madrid to Lisbon and Tirana” and announced that France-based journalist Rafael Karoubi would join hosts Rania Khalek and Zoe Alexandra to explain “what’s driving the uprising.”

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In France, organizers are using the website 17octobregiletjaune.net to organize logistics, communication and people for their protests. The domain was registered on Sept. 15 by an anonymous user, according to online records. In the face of curfews and security measures against their protests by French President Emmanuel Macron, website organizers have a new demand: “Macron must leave and make way for the people!”

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Leaders are coordinating their efforts in a Telegram messaging channel, where they are sharing logistical details and polished, ready-made graphics.

After “Acte II,” they have planned another action on Oct. 31, “Acte III,” featuring “yellow vests, demonstrations and roundabouts, all over France,” and there are other actions planned on Nov. 5 and Nov. 14.

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There are activities even listed for April 3, 2027, (“Noisy spring”) and May 29, 2027, (“Day against agrochemistry”). The locations listed: “Everywhere in France.”

For the Nov. 20 action, another set of far-left groups are promoting their “International Youth Strike” on a website, calling for coordinated “demonstrations,” “walkouts,” “assemblies,” “actions,” “blockades and occupations.”

Their manifesto declares that “the exploitation of workers, climate breakdown and war are not failures of the system but the essence of capitalism.” In a press release, it says the struggle against “militarisation, rearmament, austerity and imperialism” is inseparable from the economic system supporting it and calls for “radical system change.”

The British organization “Socialist Students,” which describes itself as building the student fightback for “socialist change,” says it will participate in the Nov. 20 strike, “in coordination with 30 other European youth and student groups.

A Socialist Students appeal urges young people to join “a movement for socialist change,” while another campaign statement declares: “Our fight for socialism is based on Marxism” and argues that “workers and young people must actively fight and organise.”

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An unidentified person registered the youthstrike.org domain on Aug. 2, according to online records.

Protesters climbed at the top of the Statue de la République as student unions and Gilets Jaunes united to demonstrate against education underfunding, austerity, and rising living costs in Paris, France, Oct. 17, 2026. (Guy Smallman/Getty Images)

WHO’S WHO IN THE EXPANDING ‘GLOBAL CHAOS INC.’ NETWORK (101)

ACTE II, OCT. 24 – NEW (14)

1. Coordination régionale Bloquons tout Île-de-France — Île-de-France Regional “Block Everything” Coordination – PROTEST COORDINATION: Regional “Block Everything” organization behind the platform promoting “Acte II.”
2. Peuple RÉVOLTÉ – People in Revolt — PROTEST COLLECTIVE: Organization helping operate the “Acte II” platform.
3. Maintenant! – Now! — PROTEST MOVEMENT: Civic movement participating in the “Acte II” platform.
4. Indignons-nous, Bloquons tout – Let’s Get Indignant, Block Everything — DIRECT ACTION: Protest collective promoting “Acte II.”
5. Coordination nationale lycéenne – National High School Students’ Coordination — STUDENT/YOUTH: New national high-school coordination calling students into the streets Oct. 24 for “Acte II.”

Angoulême, France

1. NPA Charente – New Anticapitalist Party–Charente (NPA 16) — REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALIST: Local NPA chapter mobilizing for Acte II.
2. Action Antifasciste 16 — ANTIFASCIST: Collaborator on the Angoulême Acte II announcement.
3. Maison des Peuples et de la Paix – House of Peoples and Peace — ACTIVIST: Angoulême organization collaborating on the Acte II call.
4. Fanfare en lutte d’Angoulême – Angoulême Marching Band in Struggle — ACTIVIST: Local activist collective collaborating on Acte II.
5. Révolution Permanente Angoulême — Permanent Revolution–Angoulême – REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALIST: Local chapter of Révolution Permanente, collaborating on the Oct. 24 mobilization.
6. Organisation de Solidarité Trans (OST) Angoulême — Trans Solidarity Organization–Angoulême – ACTIVIST / SOLIDARITY: Local organization listed as an Acte II collaborator.

Caen, France

1. Caen Antifa Squad — ANTIFASCIST: Collaborator on an “ACTE II — 24 OCTOBRE” announcement.
2. Caen en Lutte — Caen in Struggle – PROTEST COLLECTIVE: Local organization collaborating on Acte II.
3. Solidarité Étudiante 14 — Student Solidarity 14 – STUDENT: Calvados student organization collaborating on the Oct. 24 mobilization.

NOV. 20 INTERNATIONAL NETWORK

Belgium (3)

1. Comac — MARXIST/SOCIALIST YOUTH: Belgian youth organization associated with the Workers’ Party.
2. RedFox — SOCIALIST YOUTH: Belgian socialist youth organization.
3. Vrede — ANTI-WAR: Belgian organization publishing and promoting the International Youth Strike manifesto.

France (1)

1. Mouvement National Lycéen — STUDENT/YOUTH: French high-school organization identified in the European Nov. 20 coalition.

Germany (6)

1. Schulstreik gegen Wehrpflicht — STUDENT/”ANTI-CONSCRIPTION”: German school-strike network mobilizing for Nov. 20.
2. Die Falken — SOCIALIST YOUTH: German socialist youth organization involved in the international organizing process.
3. Linksjugend [‘solid] — SOCIALIST YOUTH: Youth organization associated with Die Linke.
4. DIE LINKE.SDS — SOCIALIST STUDENT: German socialist university organization.
5. Socialist German Workers Youth, (SDAJ) — COMMUNIST YOUTH: Socialist German Workers Youth.
6. Sozialistische Organisation Solidarität — SOCIALIST: German socialist organization mobilizing around Nov. 20.

Protesters hold a Palestinian flag on the day French high school and university students attend a demonstration in Strasbourg as part of a nationwide day of protests and blockades, voicing anger over overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages and dilapidated school buildings, which students blame on years of underinvestment, France, October 6, 2026. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

Ireland (1)

1. Militant Left — SOCIALIST: Irish socialist organization promoting the international mobilization.

Italy (4)

1. Rete della Conoscenza — LEFT-WING STUDENT: Italian student network helping build the international strike.
2. Unione degli Studenti — STUDENT: Italian high-school student organization promoting Nov. 20.
3. LINK – Coordinamento Universitario — STUDENT: Italian university network promoting the strike.
4. CGIL — LABOR: Italian labor confederation whose Nov. 20 general strike converges with the student mobilization.

Spain (1)

1. Sindicato de Estudiantes — SOCIALIST STUDENT: Spanish student organization identified in the international network.

United Kingdom (9)

1. Counterfire — REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALIST / ANTI-WAR: Promoting the Nov. 20 international strike.
2. Left Unity — SOCIALIST: Promoting the wider European mobilization.
3. International Youth Strike — INTERNATIONAL YOUTH / ANTI-CAPITALIST COALITION: The coordinating coalition behind the Nov. 20 strike says student and youth organizations across Europe are organizing demonstrations, walkouts, assemblies, blockades and occupations. Its manifesto says exploitation, climate breakdown and war are the “essence of capitalism,” calls NATO an instrument of “imperial interests” that “should be dissolved,” and demands “radical system change.”
4. North West Pensioners Association — ACTIVIST: Organizational supporter of the Nov. 20 actions.
5. Socialist Party — TROTSKYIST: Socialist party promoting the international strike.
6. Socialist Students — SOCIALIST STUDENT: British organizer advocating a “socialist future.”
7. Stop the War Coalition — ANTI-WAR: Promoting Nov. 20 student mobilization.
8. Universities and Colleges Union @ucunion — The largest trade union and professional association for academics, lecturers, trainers, researchers & academic-related staff in UK “Further Education” and “Higher Education.”
9. Young Greens — YOUTH / GREEN: British youth organization identified among supporters.

Amplifiers (8)

1. CODEPINK — U.S. ANTI-WAR / ACTIVIST ORGANIZATION: The U.S. organization has explicitly connected the French protests to its own planned Washington mobilization. “From France to the United States, the message is clear,” CODEPINK said, before promoting its Nov. 10-12 “Taxpayer Uprising” demanding that federal spending go toward education, healthcare and housing rather than the military.
2. Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI) — TROTSKYIST / SOCIALIST: An international socialist organization whose national affiliates include Britain’s Socialist Party and Ireland’s Militant Left. Its international website is promoting the Nov. 20 youth walkout under the campaign slogan “Fight for our future not their wars.”
3. International Socialist Alternative (ISA) — REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALIST: The international socialist organization says “Capitalism means war” and that it “wholeheartedly” supports the Nov. 20 strike. ISA says its members have helped organize Germany’s anti-conscription school strikes and describes imperialism as the “highest stage of capitalism.”
4. Party for Socialism and Liberation–Houston — MARXIST-LENINIST / U.S. CHAPTER: The Houston chapter of the U.S. Party for Socialism and Liberation is amplifying the French protest movement.
5. Progressive International — TRANSNATIONAL LEFT NETWORK: The international organization explicitly grouped the current protests in France, Spain, India and Albania in an Oct. 16 briefing and asked how the “new rebellions” could acquire organized political power. Most significantly, it said: “These are the forces that the Progressive International is working to support and connect.”
6. Stop ReArm Europe — ANTI-WAR / ANTI-MILITARIZATION COALITION: A European coalition calling for demonstrations and actions around Nov. 20 under the slogan “Welfare, not Warfare.” It says it supports students “refusing” militarization and calls on social movements, unions, civil-society groups, political organizations and parliamentarians to mobilize around the student strike.
7. teleSUR English — INTERNATIONAL MEDIA AMPLIFIER: The international media outlet amplified the French demonstrations with Oct. 17 coverage of clashes, fires and arrests in Paris, Lyon and other cities. This is evidence of international amplification.
8. World BEYOND War — INTERNATIONAL ANTI-WAR: A global organization that describes itself as a movement to “end war” and says it is part of the Stop ReArm Europe campaign. It is explicitly promoting the Nov. 20 International Youth Strike and urging supporters to “join this resistance.”

FRANCE — ORIGINAL NETWORK (54)

1. Organisation communiste révolutionnaire — REVOLUTIONARY COMMUNIST: Communist organization involved in protests.
2. Parti communiste français — COMMUNIST: French Communist Party whose leaders and activists joined the demonstrations.
3. Parti des Indigènes de la République — DECOLONIAL: Political organization that defends the student revolt.
4. Parti de l’égalité socialiste — TROTSKYIST: Socialist organization advocating workers’ action committees.
5. Revolutionary Communist Group — COMMUNIST: British organization that connects the French protests to capitalism, imperialism and Palestine.
6. Révolution Permanente — TROTSKYIST: Revolutionary socialist organization promoting student-worker mobilization.
7. World Socialist Web Site — TROTSKYIST MEDIA: Socialist outlet framing the French protests around capitalism, austerity and militarization.

Palestine-solidarity organizations

1. Union juive française pour la paix — PALESTINE SOLIDARITY: French Jewish organization that publicizes support for the protesting students.
2. Urgence Palestine — PALESTINE SOLIDARITY: French Palestine organization that amplified protest-related material.

Labor and professional organizations

1. CGT Éduc’action — LABOR: CGT’s education-sector organization.
2. CFDT Éducation Formation Recherche Publiques — LABOR: Education and research union supporting the student movement.
3. CGT — LABOR: Major French labor confederation involved in the October mobilizations.
4. CNT — ANARCHO-SYNDICALIST: Revolutionary-syndicalist union that declared students were “right to revolt.”
5. Confédération paysanne — FARMERS’ UNION: Called agricultural workers into the Oct. 17 mobilization.
6. FSU — LABOR: Education and public-sector union federation.
7. FNEC FP-FO — LABOR: Force Ouvrière’s education federation.
8. Force Ouvrière — LABOR: National labor confederation.
9. SUD éducation — LABOR: Left-wing education union.
10. SNES-FSU — LABOR: Secondary-school personnel union.
11. Union syndicale Solidaires — LABOR: Left-wing labor federation.
12. UNSA — LABOR: National autonomous trade-union federation.

Advocacy, environmental and protest organizations

1. Amnesty International France — HUMAN RIGHTS: Reported on police treatment of minors during the demonstrations.
2. ATTAC France — ECONOMIC JUSTICE: Connected the mobilization to austerity and economic policy.
3. Coordination nationale du mouvement du 26 septembre — PROTEST NETWORK: Mobilization network that encouraged participation in Oct. 17.
4. Extinction Rebellion — ENVIRONMENTAL: Environmental direct-action movement appearing in the protest ecosystem.
5. FCPE — PARENTS: National parents’ federation that called members to demonstrate.
6. Gilets jaunes — Yellow Vests: Decentralized protest movement whose Oct. 17 mobilization converged with the students.
7. Intersyndicale nationale VTC — PROFESSIONAL / LABOR: Private-hire drivers’ coalition promoting participation.
8. Les Soulèvements de la Terre — RADICAL ENVIRONMENTAL: Movement that celebrated the student revolt and called for antifascist mobilization.
9. Ligue des droits de l’Homme — HUMAN RIGHTS: Supported students and criticized police repression.
10. Movement Against Racism and for Friendship Between Peoples (MRAP) — ANTIRACIST: Antiracism organization involved in the wider coalition.
11. SOS Racisme — ANTIRACIST: Antiracism organization involved in supporting the movement.

International amplifiers

1. BreakThrough News — SINGHAM NETWORK / MEDIA: New York-based nonprofit amplifying the French protests internationally.
2. Indian Alliance Paris — INTERNATIONAL / DIASPORA: France-based organization connecting French and Indian protest messaging. Partnered with the People’s Forum in Manhattan.