French PM Puts Telecoms On Alert For Nationwide Social Media Blackout As Far-Left Riots Spiral

French PM Puts Telecoms On Alert For Nationwide Social Media Blackout As Far-Left Riots Spiral

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Summary:

• French PM Asks Telecoms To Prepare For Nationwide Social Media Blackout 
• Far-Left Unrest Spreads to Albania, Spain, Brussels, and Italy
• Despite France Deploying Extra Police, Far-Left Riots Continue 
• EU's Far-Left Uprising Is a National Security Concern 
• Riots Begin In France, Spread To Brussels 
• France Deploys 70,000 Police As Cities Brace For Far-Left Chaos  

It's a Communist Revolution

Student grievances may have sparked the unrest, but one communist protester explained the turmoil in the streets is part of a broader revolution against "Macron and capitalism." 

Prepare For Nationwide Social Media Blackout

By late Saturday evening, French authorities had detained almost 1,000 people during demonstrations and riots that drew at least 400,000 participants, while far-left uprisings spread across other parts of Europe. 

About 110,000 people demonstrated in Paris, according to the Interior Ministry. The government deployed about 70,000 officers across major metro areas.

Michael Shellenberger reports: 

France's Prime Minister asked telecom companies to prepare to block social media platforms. "I wish to have the ability to temporarily suspend access to these services in case of a repeat of urban violence."

Separately, far-left unrest emerged in Albania, Spain, and Brussels, as well as in Italy's cities of Naples, Rome, and Milan.

Footage from across Europe today, as communists stage a broader revolutionary movement: 

Riots and looting in Barcelona tonight. Mass-looting has now been reported from France, Belgium, Italy and Spain within the past week.

BREAKING: Rioters are setting fires in Lyon. Residents are struggling with smoke filling their apartments

Paris under attack. CRS unleash the water cannon on protesters. Masked rioters, Palestinian flags in the street. This is France today.

The countdown to social media blackouts has begun.

French Riots Begin

By late afternoon, riots had spread to multiple cities, and France had deployed 70,000 police officers across major metro areas nationwide.

Here's where police are deployed to counter far-left groups trying to overthrow capitalism and the government while sparking chaos across the West.

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A Perfect Storm Over France: The Red/Green Axis’ Destructive Agenda In Action

A Perfect Storm Over France: The Red/Green Axis’ Destructive Agenda In Action

Olivier Melnick

On October 17, 2026, riots erupted across France’s largest cities (Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Grenoble, Limoges, etc.). The police were overwhelmed, and the government gave very little support and took almost no action. What started as a students’ revolt for better schools, teachers, and curricula quickly turned into mass looting, destruction, and takeover by people who hate the very country they live in. The needs of young students are no longer on anyone’s radar, if they ever really were.

We are seeing a perfect storm over France and, to a certain extent—if not now, then very soon—over all of Western Europe. That storm is the Red/Green Axis destructive agenda in action. The French Extreme Left Party LFI (La France Insoumise) led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon has partnered with the large community of Muslims living in France–many of them born there and automatically considered as French citizens. Mr. Mélenchon knows that he will never become the French Président. All he wants is chaos, and more chaos, across all of France.

This is the result of decades of open borders and immigration from North and West Africa. I grew up in Paris in the 60s and 70s when immigrants from the Maghreb came to France for a better life. They were given all the jobs that French natives didn’t want. They stayed, had children who had children, and are now at least two generations removed from leaving Algeria, Tunisia, or Morocco.

For the most part, the young ones never assimilated or integrated into the French culture, economy, or society. They stayed together in self-imposed ghettos that for many of them have now become no-go zones where the French police don’t even go. These are the people that the Leftist Party LFI leader is supporting. This is not an attempt at putting all Muslim emigrants into the same category, but we must understand that the current events are Islamic at the core. Nobody wants to talk about the real issue because they are terrified of repercussions from the very people they would have to expose.

Additionally, France is under the grip of the Regulatory Authority for Audiovisual and Digital Communication (ARCOM), established in 2002 to protect freedom of speech. Ironically, ARCOM is very liberal and easily fines individuals and organizations deemed in breach when they use words like “Muslim,” “antisemitism,” or even “immigrant.” The few people with the chutzpah to say something are silenced or heavily fined.

France is burning, and nobody seems to care about extinguishing this fire started because of the woke premise of multiculturalism. Unchecked emigration has been going on for so long that closing borders will be akin to putting a Band-Aid on a cancer wound. France is committing civilizational suicide by tolerance, and it might be too late to stop it, but we must learn from it before it is too late for America!

It all has to do with fear. Fear of change, fear of losing votes, and fear of reprisals.

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More than 400,000 protest across France, challenging Macron as clashes erupt in Paris

More than 400,000 protest across France, challenging Macron as clashes erupt in Paris

TOI

Clashes broke out Saturday in Paris and other French cities amid demonstrations held a week after others that degenerated into street violence and prompted a robust security backlash as President Emmanuel Macron seeks to restore order.

More than 400,000 people rallied across France over school funding and soaring living costs, mounting a fresh challenge to Macron’s government.

Police arrested nearly 1,000 people as officers were confronted with “an extremely elevated level of violence” from black-clad “ultra-left” extremists, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said.

The Paris march began peacefully. But near its endpoint at Porte de Vincennes, some protesters threw projectiles while police fired volleys of tear gas and used water cannons to disperse people.

The Interior Ministry put nationwide turnout at 410,000, including 110,000 in Paris. Authorities had confined the capital’s march to the city’s southeastern edge, keeping protesters away from central neighborhoods hit by last weekend’s destruction.

Riot squads also fired tear gas at protesters in Marseille, Lyon, Bordeaux, Lille, Toulouse, Montpellier and Nantes.

Two people were “seriously” injured, Nuñez said: one man in Toulouse, who reportedly had fingers blown off, and another person in Clermont-Ferrand. He did not give details of either case.

The Paris prosecutor’s office said 64 people had been arrested in connection with Saturday’s demonstration and 40 placed in police custody. Those arrested included six minors. Most arrests concerned suspected weapons offenses or participation in a group preparing violence or property damage, the office said.

The unrest is testing Macron’s authority in the final months of his presidency before voters choose his successor in May. The stakes are high: the far-right National Rally has accused his government of failing to protect the public and urged people to channel their anger into votes for them.

Nuñez had announced a nationwide deployment of up to 70,000 officers, backed by helicopters, armored vehicles and water cannons.

Trade unions led the procession, followed by protesters in raincoats carrying flags and handmade placards.

What began last month as a protest over staff shortages at a high school southeast of Paris has spread nationwide and beyond France.

Protests against war and rising living costs also took place across Italy on Saturday, with clashes between demonstrators and police in Turin, Rome and Bologna, while rallies in Milan were largely peaceful.

Authorities deployed large numbers of police officers to prevent a repeat of last weekend’s violence, when protesters clashed with police, looted shops and vandalized property. No looting or vandalism was observed by Reuters witnesses on Saturday.

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Central American Migrant Caravan Surges North Toward U.S.

VIDEO: Central American Migrant Caravan Surges North Toward U.S. as Members Root for Democrat Midterm Win

Isaac

A fresh migrant caravan made up largely of Central Americans is moving north through southern Mexico — and some members are openly telling a reporter they hope Democrats win the November midterm elections.

The group left Tapachula, Chiapas, near Mexico’s border with Guatemala, on October 20. Estimates have ranged from roughly 400 to more than 600 people.

Independent reporter Julio Rosas captured video of the caravan’s departure and reported that some of the migrants told him they were rooting for a Democratic victory.

By Friday, the story was continuing to circulate as the caravan advanced through southern Mexico:

The political timing is impossible to miss. Election Day is November 3, and the caravan’s movement is now unfolding as Americans decide control of Congress.

But the group’s destination is not entirely uniform.

Milenio reported that roughly 400 migrants had gathered in Tapachula after traveling from Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua. Some said they intended to seek work in Mexican states such as Oaxaca or Nuevo León, while others hoped to continue farther north.

The local outlet described families traveling with children after running low on money during long walks through Central America. One Salvadoran woman said unemployment drove her family to leave home and that poor weather, dehydration and injuries had made the journey more punishing.

Milenio also reported that separate groups had crossed into Mexico during the preceding week before regrouping in Tapachula. The caravan then resumed its march along the coastal route through Chiapas.

Video and images posted after the departure showed hundreds moving along highways in southern Mexico:

By Thursday, La Jornada reported that the group had reached Huixtla after walking approximately 45 kilometers. The Mexican newspaper placed the caravan’s size above 600 and identified it as the second “Fe y Esperanza” caravan.

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Report: Iran advancing sophisticated plots to assassinate senior US officials

Report: Iran advancing sophisticated plots to assassinate senior US officials

ynet

U.S. intelligence has warned that Iran has significantly intensified efforts to assassinate American diplomats and senior officials in the Middle East and beyond, with some plots reportedly reaching advanced stages, as Washington reduces its diplomatic presence across the region amid fears of a wider military confrontation.

The warning appears in a one-page intelligence memorandum dated October 23 and sent to Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The document was first reported by Axios and subsequently obtained by the Associated Press, while CNN reported on the related diplomatic staffing reductions and the disruption facing American diplomatic families.

In the memo, Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton warned that Iran had "substantially increased efforts to target U.S. personnel" and that potentially lethal plots had reached "advanced stages" in the Middle East and other countries.

The document does not identify specific targets, disclose which countries outside the Middle East may be involved or provide details about how the alleged assassination attempts would be carried out. It indicates, however, that the underlying intelligence has already been shared with senior State Department officials.

Clayton also expressed concern that the information was not reaching enough American personnel who could be exposed to the threats. He offered to lower the classification level of as much of the intelligence as possible, allowing Rubio to distribute the warnings more widely.

US quietly moves diplomats and families across Middle East

The intelligence warnings come as Washington has begun scaling back its diplomatic presence across several Middle Eastern countries, with personnel and family members being relocated amid growing security concerns.

Earlier this week, the State Department ordered nonessential personnel and their families to leave Saudi Arabia, including the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh and consulates in Jeddah and Dhahran. Officials cited the intensifying attacks by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels as the immediate reason for the decision.

On Friday, the department moved to further reduce diplomatic and government staffing at embassies in Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. Unlike the mandatory departure order issued for Saudi Arabia, personnel at these four missions have not been formally ordered to leave.

The embassies remain open under restricted operations, a designation that allows Washington to maintain essential diplomatic functions while limiting the number of personnel stationed there.

Staffing adjustments have also been taking place more quietly at American diplomatic posts in Bahrain and Kuwait, with no publicly announced change in their operational status.

For many American diplomats and their families, the latest moves have brought back memories of the earlier stages of the war with Iran. Some had only recently returned to their assignments after being evacuated during the height of the fighting, forcing them to find temporary accommodation and arrange new schooling for their children.

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