A new investigation into the unrest sweeping France has identified 54 organizations tied to the escalating protests, and the vast majority are not student groups at all. Of the 54 organizations named, only 16 are student or youth groups; the remaining 38 are adult-led political parties, labor unions, activist networks and advocacy organizations.
The investigation, conducted by Fox News Digital senior editor of investigations Asra Nomani, traces the unrest back to a network that includes communist and revolutionary socialist organizations, labor unions, political parties, pro-Palestinian activist groups and international media outlets. Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s far-left party La France Insoumise has also been linked to the rising unrest.
According to the report, 28 communist and socialist youth organizations across 12 European countries are now mobilizing for a coordinated strike on November 20, under the slogan “Fight for Our Future, Not Their Wars.” Organizers are calling for walkouts, blockades, occupations and mass demonstrations.
A New York Connection
Among the international groups amplifying the French unrest, the report identifies organizations connected to Neville Roy Singham, a Marxist tech entrepreneur based in Shanghai. His network includes Tricontinental and BreakThrough News, a media outlet headquartered in New York City that published coverage of the French violence in advance of the weekend’s events.
Vijay Prashad, executive director of Tricontinental, was cited in the report as a vocal supporter of the unrest. Other organizations tied to the Singham network, including CodePink, were also named as primary amplifiers of the events in France.
A Washington Event Already on the Calendar
Jodie Evans, Singham’s wife and co-founder of CodePink, is promoting a campaign planned for November 10-12 in Washington, D.C., aimed at opposing U.S. military spending.
“I want people to look at France, Spain and India,” Evans said, urging Americans to take to the streets.
The planned Washington demonstration would fall roughly a week after the midterm elections.
French students have raised genuine concerns about school conditions and the cost of living. But the report’s findings indicate that a far broader, adult-led coalition of political and ideological organizations has been working to channel those grievances into a wider movement targeting capitalism, policing and military spending.
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