'This is about the right to protest and this is about defending life,' said GretaThunberg.
expressing solidarity "with the French people in the face of violent crackdowns on popular protest and the criminalization of dissent by Emmanuel Macron's government."The French people have been striking and protesting against Macron’s government due to his cuts to their pension system, following a long string of neoliberal reforms that have been eroding living standards for workers in France for years.
Last weekend, the French government and the police chose to make an example of environmental protesters campaigning against the privatization of public water supplies in mega reservoirs to try to further this narrative. Government spokespeople named these environmental protestors as the same 'cop killers' who were leading the pension protests.
The extreme violence of the police and the criminalization by the interior minister are clearly aimed at suppressing the movement against the pension cuts. This is an unacceptable attack on the democratic freedoms and human rights of French citizens. We stand with the French people and support the victory of the movements against Macron’s pension cuts and against his privatization of water.
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