
Jean-Luc Mélenchon declared during the Parisian parade that the popular insurrection he prophesied would this time be different and more powerful than May 68, affirming that it would set the streets of the country ablaze by bringing together all the anger, to the acclamations of young supporters.
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Jean-Luc Mélenchon has long prophesied a popular insurrection in France, referencing past movements like Nuit Debout in 2016, the yellow vests, the riots after Nahel's death and the Let's Block Everything movement.
How many times did he think he felt the breath of revolution? There were the indignant Nuit Debout in 2016, then the "yellow vests", three years later, the urban riots after the death of Nahel or even the ephemeral Let's Block Everything movement, which fell back as quickly as it had emerged last September... But this time, repeats Jean-Luc Mélenchon, everything would be different: the popular insurrection that he has been predicting for years would set the streets of the country ablaze for good, where all would converge. anger. “It’s more powerful than May 68 in youth. It’s really an event that teaches us things about our country and especially about this generation,” he said on Saturday from the Parisian parade, to the cheers of young supporters chanting his name.
Everywhere in the processions, the Insoumis lieutenants, ordered by their patriarch to comply with “combat discipline”, once again played the role of self-proclaimed “white helmets” between the forces…
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