Since the murder of a teenager by French police in Nanterre on June 27, massive protest demonstrations have broken out again

The cold-blooded murder of Nahel M by the French pólice cannot be understood in isolation, rather it is necessary to connect it with the violence of the French state, particularly the violence directed towards Muslims and other non-white populations.

Young French immigrants face alarming levels of segregation as well as surveillance and contempt from the security state, says a prominent journalist and documentary filmmaker.

The only child brought up by his mother, Nahel M, a French teenager of Algerian origin killed by the French police, had been working as a takeaway delivery driver and also was a rugby enthusiast.

The government of Emmanuel Macron in France is both “weak and terribly unpopular” and believes that resorting to suppressive mechanisms and even the military is “the only way” to quell popular protests, says an analyst.

Iran calls on French police to stop using violence against protesters in the international Labor Day rallies.

The protesters pelt stones and projectiles at the riot police, smashed shop windows and damaged bus stops.