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| Police attempting to force their way into the Paris shopping mall occupied by Extinction Rebellion activists and the Yellow Vests have met a human wall of protesters. They are cutting through steel barriers to enter the building. | |
| The environmental activists, associated with the Extinction Rebellion movement (XR), have seized the Italie Deux mall in the 13th arrondissement of the French capital since Saturday morning. | |
| Barricading themselves inside, their aim is to disrupt commerce and bring attention to what they see as the impending catastrophe of climate change. | |
| By around 9pm local time, several masked officers used hydraulic pistons to force-open steel shutters that the protesters used as barricades, and approached the mesh fence behind the barrier with bolt cutters. Behind the barrier, crowds of activists packed together into a human wall, hoisting a banner reading “Radical Ecology. Death to Capitalism.” | |
| The move seemed to have been inspired by the Hong Kong protesters, who have made malls the main stage for the display of their dissent. Another shopping center was occupied in Bordeaux in the southwest of the country as the protesters announced a two-week-long action, targeting the “symbols of capitalism.” | |
| Among the eco-warriors were several ‘Yellow Vests’ demonstrators, whose own campaign against the government of President Emmanuel Macron has seen the streets of Paris and other French cities flooded with activists every weekend for the better part of a year. | |
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