The rioters burning and pillaging cities across France are not led primarily by disgruntled students, as corporate media claim, but rather by a red-green alliance of communist activists and Muslim agitators, a recent investigation found.
The network is made up of 54 organizations representing communism, revolutionary socialism, unions, climate change activism, Muslim student and pro-Palestinian groups, as well as corporate media, according to Fox News’ Asra Nomani. Only 16 of the 54 are actually student groups.
The far-left groups, including Gilets Jaunes (“Yellow Vests”) and French socialist party La France Insoumise (LFI, “France Unbowed”), reportedly capitalized on student discontent to stoke riots and agitation against capitalism and government.
Communist student groups identified by Fox News include La Jeunesse, Le Poing Levé (“The Raised Fist”), and Union de la Jeunesse Communiste (“Communist Youth Union”), but these are far outnumbered by the adult-led “revolutionary” communist and socialist groups that have driven the destructive riots.
Communist activist Vijay Prashad asserted a link between France’s riots and similar worldwide unrest, including in New Delhi, India, and Buenos Aires, Argentina. “Let fury have the hour, anger can be power,” Prashad posted to social media, quoting English punk band The Clash. Prashad is the executive director of Tricontinental Ltd. — an organization funded by fellow communist and tech millionaire Neville Roy Singham, an American currently residing in Shanghai, China.
Muslim and pro-Palestine organizations participating in the unrest and destruction include Union juive française pour la paix (“French Jewish Union for Peace”) and Urgence Palestine (“Palestine Emergency”).
Amnesty International France is also behind the riots, along with “antiracism” group SOS Racisme, Ligue des droits de l’Homme (“Human Rights League”), Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peuples (“Movement Against Racism and for Friendship Between Peoples”), Les Soulèvements de la Terre (“Earth Uprisings”), and many other self-proclaimed human rights and environmental activist groups.
The Islamo-Communist-led violence has destroyed priceless historic buildings and art, desecrated statues, including that of Saint Joan of Arc, France’s patron saint, and brought untold losses from rampant looting of businesses.
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) October 17, 2026Palestinianism is a Trojan horse promoted and pushed by the enemies of the West.
📸 Joan of Arc statue in Toulouse. pic.twitter.com/D5Byf451hs
According to Fox News, 28 communist and socialist organizations are pushing young people to agitate in 12 European countries with walkouts, blockades, and occupations, using the slogan “fight for our future, not their wars.” The outlet said that the French unrest has benefitted from groups linked to Singham, including paid-protester group CodePink, founded by Singham’s wife, Jodie Evans, and a New York-based media organization called BreakThrough News.
BreakThrough News shared videos of the chaos, fires, and the hoisting of Palestinian flags across numerous cities on social media, while featuring LFI politicians.
Evans told BreakThrough News that the campaign across the West will come to Washington, D.C., in November in opposition to military spending, telling Americans to “look at France, Spain and India” as inspiration for what to do in D.C.
Riot organizers are already planning to unleash another outbreak of unrest on Nov. 20 in Europe, with several United Kingdom-based groups endorsing agitation, including Counterfire, the British Socialist Party, Socialist Students, and Stop the War Coalition.
Breccan F. Thies is the White House correspondent for The Federalist. He is a co-recipient of the 2025 Dao Prize for Excellence in Investigative Journalism. As an investigative journalist, he previously covered education and culture issues for the Washington Examiner and Breitbart News. He holds a degree from the University of Virginia and is a 2022 Claremont Institute Publius Fellow. You can follow him on X: @BreccanFThies.