More than half a million people marched across France on Saturday, and the Macron government’s response was tear gas, water cannons, mass arrests, and a curfew in central Paris. Rafael Karoubi, a political analyst and journalist for Diario Red, joins Zoe Alexandra and Rania Khalek to explain how a month of suburban high school blockades exploded into a nationwide uprising – and a “revolutionary moment” for France. Karoubi argues that Macron’s austerity cuts and soaring energy prices driven by the wars on Iran and in Ukraine have pushed families to the breaking point – and he says the state’s escalating repression, with some 6,000 arrested by his count, is a sign it’s losing control. He breaks down how Trump and the French right alike are using racism to recast a multiracial youth movement as an “Islamist” threat; why La France Insoumise is the only major party standing with the protesters; and why he believes Macron’s authoritarian turn could clear a path for Marine Le Pen’s far right come election season. Watch full episodes of BT Live, join breakthroughnews.org as a member today!

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