Join Us in France · Sunday, November 1, 2026
Janet Boyd, a student in Montpellier, shares her experience watching the initial hours of the October 17th demonstrations from a local café, describing a festive atmosphere with families and marching bands before the environment shifted and tear gas was deployed.
“I watched for a good two hours, and it was really interesting just to see people come together. So did you see anybody wearing all black and gas masks and ski goggles or… I did.”
“And it became apparent that, you know, the people that were left were not the people that I saw for the first two hours that were, you know… Yeah. It had changed. Very much.”