As student protests in France merged with a nationwide cost-of-living demonstration on Saturday, 17 October 2026, communist leader and academic Vijay Prashad posted a message on X linking unrest across three continents, according to a Fox News Digital investigation.
“Paris-New Delhi-Buenos Aires,” Prashad wrote, borrowing a line from British punk band The Clash: “Let fury have the hour, anger can be power.”
Prashad’s position as executive director of Tricontinental Ltd., a nonprofit reportedly funded by American-born Marxist technology millionaire Neville Roy Singham, who lives in Shanghai, placed his message within a wider network of communist and socialist organisations, the investigation reported.
Fox News Digital described the network as a transnational ecosystem of political groups, media outlets, labour unions and activist organisations spanning Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, North America and South America. The report said these organisations had helped organise, participate in, publicly support or amplify France’s October protests.
The investigation identified 54 organisations and movements connected to the French protest ecosystem and its wider network of supporters and international amplifiers. The groups included communist parties, revolutionary socialist organisations, student unions, environmental activists, Muslim student advocates, Palestine-solidarity organisations and international media outlets.
Of the 54 organisations identified, 16 were student or youth organisations, including communist youth groups and a Muslim student association. The remaining 38 comprised adult-led communist groups, labour unions, political parties, revolutionary-left organisations, advocacy groups and international media platforms.
The report identified the Gilets jaunes, or Yellow Vests, a radical far-left protest group, and La France Insoumise (LFI), or France Unbowed, a far-left socialist political movement, among the groups involved in the wider mobilisation.
According to the investigation, far-left socialist and communist organisations had helped organise and amplify the student protests from their early stages. It alleged that these groups used grievances over school conditions to mobilise a broader political struggle against capitalism, government austerity, policing and military spending.
An International Youth Strike Across 12 Countries
The investigation also reported that an international coalition of 28 communist and socialist youth organisations was mobilising students and young people for a coordinated strike across 12 European countries.
The planned mobilisation was scheduled for November 20 under the slogan, “Fight for Our Future, Not Their Wars!”
The coalition was calling for walkouts, demonstrations, assemblies, blockades and occupations, linking opposition to military spending with wider socialist and anti-war campaigns.
Among the international organisations amplifying the French protests were groups that Fox News Digital associated with Singham’s network, including Tricontinental, CodePink and BreakThrough News.
Tricontinental takes its name from the 1966 communist convention held in Havana, Cuba. BreakThrough News is a New York-based media outlet.
BreakThrough News covered the French demonstrations under the headline, “ANTI-MACRON PROTESTS ROCK FRANCE.”
The outlet shared a montage of scenes from Montpellier, Paris, Marseille, Bordeaux, Strasbourg and Saint-Étienne. The footage showed activists surrounded by smoke, Palestinian flags above crowds, black smoke billowing over fires and police officers striking demonstrators with batons. The videos were accompanied by dramatic music, while some featured politicians from La France Insoumise, the investigation reported.
The coverage presented the demonstrations as part of a wider anti-government mobilisation. The investigation placed this media activity within the broader international network supporting or amplifying the protests.
Jodie Evans Invokes Protests in France, Spain and India
Jodie Evans, Singham’s wife and co-founder of CodePink, also invoked international youth demonstrations while promoting a planned campaign in Washington against US military spending.
In an interview with BreakThrough News, Evans referred to demonstrations in France, Spain and India and urged Americans to participate in CodePink’s campaign.
“I want people to look at France, Spain and India,” Evans said, according to the report.
Fox News Digital said it had compiled a “Who’s Who Guide to Chaos Inc. in France”, identifying organisations involved in the protest ecosystem through direct organising, participation, public solidarity or media amplification.
The investigation’s list included the following organisations.
1. Student unions and youth groups
The report identified 16 student and youth organisations, including communist youth groups, established student unions and associations whose precise roles in individual demonstrations varied.
Communist and Socialist Student and Youth Groups
Communist Youth of Greece: The Greek communist youth organisation had publicly supported French students, connecting their education-related demands with opposition to military spending and government austerity. It had also expressed support for communist protesters in Madrid, Spain, and Greece.
La Jeunesse Communists: The group was identified as coordinating communist youth activism visible during the French demonstrations. Its activists were associated with hammer-and-sickle flags and banners calling for “Class War!”
Le Poing Levé (The Raised Fist): The revolutionary student and youth organisation was associated with Révolution Permanente and worked to connect high-school and university protests.
Union de la Jeunesse Communiste (UJC): The French Communist Youth Union had called on supporters to join and amplify the student movement.
Other student and youth organisations
AFGES – Les étudiant·e·s d’Alsace: The Strasbourg-based student federation, affiliated with FAGE, posted about the early October mobilisation while describing itself as politically independent. It coordinated protests in Strasbourg on October 17 through an Instagram post calling on supporters to “MOBILISER” — or mobilise. Another post declared, “LE COMBAT CONTINUE,” meaning “THE FIGHT CONTINUES.”
Étudiants Musulmans de France (EMF): The Muslim Students of France association was involved in student representation and campus solidarity. Its social-media activity appeared in the protest research, although its precise role on October 17 remained unconfirmed.
Fédération des associations générales étudiantes (FAGE): The national federation of student associations joined calls for mobilisation against what it described as the “extremely violent repression” of young people. It also shared footage of its members marching on October 17 under hashtags including #manifestation, #genz and #17octobre.
Fédération Syndicale Étudiante (FSE): The left-wing Student Trade Union Federation had activists participating in demonstrations and announced “Democratic and Antifascist Vigilance Committees”. These initiatives linked high-school grievances with the treatment of anti-Israel activists and trade union members.
On Saturday, FSE posted videos featuring its trademark solid-red flags. One message claimed that protesters had invaded the mayor’s residence in Bordeaux and said the country was being brought to a standstill on October 17. It linked the mobilisation to demands for better living conditions and opposition to public-service budget cuts, adding that protesters were chanting, “Only one solution, the Revolution!” The group called for blockades across France.
Interfac Île-de-France: The regional student coordination organisation was among those involved in discussions about demonstration routes in Paris and the organisation of the October 17 protests.
Les Lycéens!: The high-school student organisation was active during the initial school blockades.
Renouveau lycéen: The High School Renewal organisation was identified in coverage of the October school mobilisation.
Rassemblement pour l’égalité et la démocratie Jeunes: The youth civic and political organisation was associated with efforts to organise support for students in Seine-Saint-Denis. However, its specific role on October 17 had not been independently established.
Solidaires Étudiant·e·s: The left-wing student union supported the high-school movement and helped connect university students with the October demonstrations.
Union Étudiante: The national university student union helped mobilise students for the October 6 demonstrations and encouraged participation in the wider movement.
Union nationale des étudiants de France (UNEF): One of France’s established student unions, UNEF was among the organisers of the October 6 nationwide demonstrations.
Union syndicale lycéenne (USL): The French high-school student union helped organise the initial school blockades and October demonstrations before publicly supporting students joining the October 17 Yellow Vests mobilisation.
2. Communist, Marxist, Trotskyist and revolutionary socialist organisations
The investigation identified 11 organisations and publications in this category, linking their activities to broader campaigns against capitalism, austerity, militarisation and imperialism.
International Communist League: The international communist organisation’s French publication, Le Bolchévik, called on labour unions to mobilise in support of the school protests.
Jeunesse du Monde: The communist publication associated with the Organisation Communiste de France appeared in the wider research. However, separate organisational participation in the October 17 demonstrations had not been established.
La France Insoumise (LFI): The left-populist and socialist political movement supported student blockades. Its lawmaker Louis Boyard was reported to have waved a Palestinian flag alongside students at Paris-Est-Créteil University.
Nouveau Parti anticapitaliste – L’Anticapitaliste (NPA): The New Anticapitalist Party urged continued mobilisation following the October 6 demonstrations.
Organisation communiste révolutionnaire: The revolutionary communist organisation was identified in the wider research, although its precise legal identity and direct activities during the October protests required further verification.
Parti communiste français (PCF): French Communist Party leader Fabien Roussel publicly supported student demonstrators in Paris alongside communist elected representatives and activists. Demonstrators were also seen carrying party flags.
Parti des Indigènes de la République (PIR): The decolonial political movement defended the student revolt and circulated images of protesters outside Lycée Paul Éluard holding a Palestinian flag.
Parti de l’égalité socialiste: The Socialist Equality Party called for workers’ action committees and broader mobilisation in support of the student movement.
Revolutionary Communist Group: The British revolutionary communist organisation published an article connecting the French student revolt with opposition to capitalism and imperialism, as well as support for Palestine.
Révolution Permanente: The Trotskyist organisation and publication reported on university blockades and encouraged solidarity between high-school and university students.
World Socialist Web Site: The international Trotskyist publication covered the French school blockades and placed them within a wider argument about austerity, militarisation and capitalism.
3. Muslim Student and pro-Palestine Organisations
The report listed two organisations in this category.
Union juive française pour la paix (UJFP): The French Jewish Union for Peace, a Jewish peace and Palestine-solidarity organisation, publicised its support for high-school students who joined the protests in early October.
Urgence Palestine: The French Palestine-solidarity organisation’s protest-related social-media activity appeared in the investigation. However, its direct role in organising the October 17 demonstrations had not been established.
4. Labour Unions, Teachers’ Federations and Farmers’ Organisations
The investigation identified 12 labour, education-sector and agricultural organisations that had supported or participated in the wider mobilisation.
CGT Éduc’action: The education-sector organisation of the General Confederation of Labour joined calls for union mobilisation.
CFDT Éducation Formation Recherche Publiques: The public education, training and research union joined education-sector statements supporting the school movement.
Confédération générale du travail (CGT): One of France’s major national labour confederations, the CGT supported the October school mobilisation and joined the October 17 cost-of-living protests.
Confédération nationale du travail (CNT): The anarcho-syndicalist labour organisation endorsed the student movement, declaring that students were right to revolt.
Confédération paysanne: The farmers’ union called on agricultural workers to join the October 17 protests, connecting rural economic grievances with the national mobilisation.
Fédération syndicale unitaire (FSU): The major education and public-sector union federation supported the school mobilisation.
FNEC FP-FO: The National Federation of Education, Culture and Vocational Training of Workers’ Force, affiliated with Force Ouvrière, joined calls supporting high-school demonstrations.
Force Ouvrière (FO): The national labour confederation’s education affiliates joined calls backing high-school students.
SUD éducation: The left-wing education union participated in mobilisation calls involving students and education workers.
Syndicat national des enseignements de second degré (SNES-FSU): The major secondary-education union supported strikes and demonstrations in solidarity with students.
Union syndicale Solidaires: The left-wing labour federation’s regional branches promoted October 17 demonstrations and strikes following earlier student-solidarity mobilisations.
Union nationale des syndicats autonomes (UNSA): The national trade-union federation’s education organisations supported the school movement.
The report noted that demonstrations on October 4 had taken place around the Monument à la République in Paris amid complaints about an overcrowded, poorly equipped and understaffed education system. Images from the protests showed a masked demonstrator holding a Soviet Union flag bearing the communist hammer and sickle.
Footage from October 17 also showed clashes between protesters throwing projectiles and police responding with tear gas during demonstrations against the high cost of living in Paris.
5. Huma Rights, Parents’, Environmental and Economic-Justice Organisations
The investigation identified 11 organisations in this category, including civil-liberties groups, environmental movements, parents’ associations and organisations campaigning on economic issues.
Amnesty International France: The French section of Amnesty International reported on police treatment of minors during the school protests.
ATTAC France: The Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions and Citizen Action connected protest grievances with opposition to austerity and restrictions on civil liberties.
Coordination nationale du mouvement du 26 septembre: The September 26 Movement Coordination, a climate-mobilisation network, encouraged participation in the October 17 demonstrations and connected environmental concerns with household economic pressures.
Extinction Rebellion: The international environmental activist movement appeared in photographic coverage of the French demonstrations.
Fédération des conseils de parents d’élèves (FCPE): The national federation of parents’ councils called on its members to demonstrate and announced that its national board would participate in the Paris protests.
Gilets jaunes (Yellow Vests): The radical far-left French protest group, which had re-emerged around fuel prices and the cost of living, joined the October 17 demonstrations as they converged with the student mobilisation.
Intersyndicale nationale VTC: The National Private-Hire Drivers’ Union Coalition promoted participation in the October 17 mobilisation, including a gathering at Place de la Bastille.
Les Soulèvements de la Terre: The radical environmental movement celebrated the student revolt and called for an antifascist uprising.
Ligue des droits de l’Homme (LDH): The French civil-liberties organisation publicised support for students and criticised police repression.
Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peuples (MRAP): The Movement Against Racism and for Friendship Between Peoples was identified in earlier coalition activity surrounding the student demonstrations.
SOS Racisme: The French antiracism organisation was included in coalition activity supporting the school movement.
6. International Amplifiers and Additional October 17 Organisers
Two organisations were listed under the category of international amplifiers and additional organisers.
BreakThrough News: The New York-based media outlet was identified by the investigation as part of the Singham-linked network. It reported on the French student demonstrations and previewed their participation in the October 17 cost-of-living mobilisation.
Indian Alliance Paris: The France-based Indian diaspora organisation connected French and Indian youth protests through its social-media messaging. The report also noted that it had partnered with Singham’s network-linked People’s Forum for an event.
The investigation included these organisations because of their reported roles in media amplification, public messaging or links with the wider protest ecosystem. Such associations do not, by themselves, establish that every organisation participated directly in organising violent clashes or that it was financed by Singham.
7. The November 20 European Youth Strike
The report separately identified five organisations or coalitions promoting the planned November 20 European youth strike under the slogan, “Fight for Our Future, Not Their Wars!”
Counterfire: The British revolutionary socialist and anti-war organisation advertised the November 20 strike and connected opposition to war with campaigns involving universities and Palestine.
International Socialist Alternative: The international revolutionary socialist organisation endorsed the planned action, linking opposition to militarisation with criticism of capitalism.
International Youth Strike coalition: The international organising coalition had announced plans in August for coordinated student walkouts and demonstrations across Europe on November 20.
Socialist Party, United Kingdom: The British Trotskyist party published commentary in October connecting the French student revolt with wider European mobilisation and the forthcoming strike.
Socialist Students: The British socialist student organisation promoted the November 20 strike and sought to connect opposition to military spending with wider socialist campaigns.
Stop the War Coalition: The British anti-war organisation promoted the youth strike and encouraged demonstrations against military spending.
The investigation said the planned action would involve coordinated student mobilisation across 12 European countries, with participating groups calling for walkouts, demonstrations, assemblies, blockades and occupations.
Neville Roy Singham & His Influence
Neville Roy Singham’s network helped amplify France’s protests through organisations including Tricontinental, CodePink and BreakThrough News, according to Fox News Digital. Tricontinental executive director Vijay Prashad publicly linked the unrest in Paris, New Delhi and Buenos Aires, framing them as part of a shared international struggle.
Singham’s wife, Jodie Evans, urged Americans to draw inspiration from protests in France, Spain and India while campaigning against US military spending. The investigation identified a network connecting communist and socialist organisations, activists and media platforms across countries, with Singham-linked groups playing a role in spreading the protests’ messaging internationally.
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