Daniella Shreir: Short Cuts

The call to mobilisation began to spread at the start of September: first on TikTok, then across social media platforms via AI-generated graphics announcing ‘le retour des gilets jaunes’. The date has political resonance: on 17 October 1961, Maurice Papon ordered the Police Nationale to attack Algerians protesting in support of the FLN. This time, graffiti across Paris read: ‘Nous sommes les descendants des Algériens que vous n’avez pas noyés.’

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