Marseille
More spontaneous blockades
A round-up of some of yesterday's (31 March) school and office occupations and blockades of roads and railways against the CPE.
Late Friday night up to 10,000 were said to be still be in the streets after a protest at Chiracs announcement that he would promulgate the controversial CPE.
Round up of earlier events
2,000+ invade Gare de Lyon train station, Paris
tf1 is reporting that over a thousand youths have invaded the Gare de Lyon train station in Paris. Le Figaro is now putting the number involved at 2,000, saying they have occupied the TGV lines.
Report from Indymedia Paris
15.45 Thursday 30th March Paris: At the Gare de Lyon. 3,000 people have blocked the tracks forcing cancellations of TGV and regional commuter trains.
An account from our reporter in Marseille
An account of the day's events from our reporter in Marseille as a red and black flag flies over city's Town Hall.
Organisers have reported over 130,000 demonstrators in the City of Marseille this afternoon, the largest demonstration outside Paris. The demonstration left the Porte D`Aix, under Marseilles own Arc de Triomphe at 3 p.m. to take a circular route around the city to arrive at the Vieux Port.
130,000 protest against CPE in Marseille
Organisers of the Marseilles anti-CPE demonstration have given figures of 130,000 on the streets of the port city according to Le Figaro.
Further updates will continue to be posted throughout the day.
Marseille youth operate free toll on subway
Young people pile on the pressure to stop the CPE, with ingenious tactics.
Rough translation of an article from Le Monde:
Anti-CPE Movement: Marseille school students demonstration, 8th March 2006
Several thousand school students demonstrate against the CPE in Marseille, March 8th.
One million throng streets in towns across France
Around a million took to the streets today to join protests against the CPE.
Police put the figure at 396,000. Demonstrations took place in 160 cities accress France.
