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Communist Groups, Far-Left Parties Amplify French Student Protests, Fox News Reports

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France’s high school protests have drawn support from a sprawling network of communist organizations, far-left political parties and adult-led labor unions, according to a Fox News Digital investigation examining the groups organizing and amplifying the unrest.

Fox identified roughly 50 organizations involved in or promoting the demonstrations. Only 15 were youth or student groups, while the remaining 35 consisted primarily of labor unions, political organizations and other activist groups. The findings describe a movement whose complaints about classroom conditions have become a platform for broader attacks on capitalism, policing and Western foreign policy.

The protests began in late September over teacher shortages, overcrowded classrooms, deteriorating facilities and long school days. Demonstrations have drawn hundreds of thousands of participants, according to the report, with school blockades and clashes with police accompanying the unrest.

In Paris, demonstrators have carried Palestinian flags and red flags bearing the hammer and sickle, alongside banners declaring “Contre Les Guerres Impérialistes” (“Against Imperialist Wars”) and “Guerre De Classe!” (“Class War!”). The Young Communists Movement of France, which is linked to the French Communist Party, has participated under such banners.

French Communist Party national secretary Fabien Roussel posted a photograph with protesters and wrote: “Standing alongside high school students in Paris, together with Communist elected officials and activists.” His party has separately promoted the slogan “Stop arming the Palestinian genocide!”

French journalist Nora Bussigny warned that “many elected officials” from the far-left La France Insoumise party “have indeed worked to co-opt the student protests, at the risk of seeing them spiral out of control: by fanning the flames, discrediting institutions like the police, and legitimizing the principle of political violence.”

Labor organizations have embraced the demonstrations as well. The Confédération nationale du travail declared: “The demands of high school students are also ours. They are right to revolt.”

The investigation also examined how overseas activists and media outlets have helped broadcast the protests beyond France. Among them is BreakThrough News, a New York outlet that Fox linked to funding from Neville Roy Singham, an American-born technology entrepreneur based in Shanghai.

BreakThrough News has promoted coverage describing a “historic strike against austerity” and circulated footage of Saint-Denis Mayor Bally Bagayoko, of La France Insoumise, intervening in a confrontation with police. According to Fox, the video received hundreds of thousands of likes, including one from political influencer Hasan Piker.

Some of the same organizations have appeared in earlier controversies in the United States. In June 2025, the People’s Forum organized a Times Square demonstration opposing American and Israeli military action against Iran. That report also identified the group’s reported financial ties to Singham, placing it at the intersection of street activism, foreign policy and the donor network now drawing scrutiny in Fox’s investigation.

The connections have also attracted attention from the Trump administration. In February, a State Department report alleging that Code Pink and the People’s Forum promoted narratives favorable to the Chinese Communist Party while benefiting from donor networks connected to China. Code Pink has denied receiving Chinese government money or maintaining contact with the party.

A separate State Department assessment identified Code Pink, the People’s Forum and the Democratic Socialists of America among organizations connected to Cuba’s ideological or activist network. Those allegations concerned a separate country and campaign, but the recurring organizations provide context for Fox’s examination of how established activist networks carry local disputes onto an international stage.

The outlet also highlighted a solidarity statement from the Communist Youth of Greece declaring “Victory for the struggle of the school students in France!” and describing the demonstrations as “foreshadowing more student struggles to follow.”

The rioting has spread to several other European countries, including Belgium, Germany and Italy. As you can see below, there’s not a French, German, or Belgian flag to be seen in these “student protests.”

 

Heritage Foundation senior fellow Mike Gonzalez told Fox News Digital that he saw parallels with activist networks in the United States.

“What we’re seeing here is the same Red-Green ecosystem that disrupts infrastructure choke holds in our country such as the Brooklyn Bridge, college campuses and congressional hearings,” Gonzalez said. “And in the case of BreakThrough News, the same sugar daddy — Neville Roy Singham.”

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