This past week, violence erupted across the country. The unrest started in a suburb of Paris called Créteil. It quickly spread to many other areas. The Federalist reports that this chaos stands as a warning to the United States. It shows how mass immigration can divide a country.
Just days before the riots, the scene was different. Pope Leo XIV visited France and drew huge crowds. About 800,000 people lined the Avenue des Champs-Élysées. They watched an open-air Mass in Paris. These scenes surprised both the media and civil authorities. France is a secular country, after all. Yet the Pope’s popularity showed one side of the nation.
Revolt is spreading in France and antiracism is at its core. Students at Henri IV School in Paris sing “We are all antifascists”. https://t.co/xm3ul5Uj2C
— Stand Up To Racism (@AntiRacismDay) October 2, 2026
The riots that followed showed the other side. This unrest proves France is no longer a single people. One side is the ancient France, which remains deeply Catholic. It is known as
“the eldest daughter of the Church.”
This is the France that welcomed the Pope. The other France is the one seen rioting in the streets.
News reports said the trouble began over bad public schools. They claimed disaffected high schoolers took to the streets. The story said they were fed up with overcrowded classes. But the images tell a different story.
Footage posted on social media shows something else. We see the destruction of schools and attacks on firefighters. We see attacks on police and even teachers. The Federalist notes these actions show central organization. It was not a spontaneous protest about school funding.
The people on the streets are not a broad mix of society. The crowds are overwhelmingly nonwhite males. Many are immigrants or children of immigrants. North African and Middle Eastern descent Muslims raise the barricades. Rioters in Marseille flew the flag of Algeria and Hamas. They did not fly the French tricolor.
France is on fire. Marseille flies Hamas, not the tricolor. Mass migration did not enrich France. It is replacing it. https://t.co/hmBIbwMW4A
— Brigitte Gabriel (@ACTBrigitte) October 2, 2026
Students were not chanting about classroom conditions. They shouted slogans like
“we are antifascists.”
The office of Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu made a statement on Friday. French intelligence says the riots were orchestrated by proxies. These proxies belong to Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s far-left party. The party is called La France Insoumise.
Mélenchon is running for president. He has denied that his party is involved. The Federalist calls this a Red-Green alliance. It combines the socialist left with Muslim immigrants. They seem to want to bring the country to its knees. This is happening ahead of national elections next year.
The split in France mirrors what is happening in Canada. The Federalist points out that Canada has tried similar policies. Then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau once called Canada
“the world’s first postnational state.”
Since then, the country has struggled to define itself.
this is interesting
prime minister’s office made public that french intelligence are assessing the ongoing riots as orchestrated(?) by montagnard proxies of melanchon’s far left but politically significant LFI party
feels like a threat maybe? unsure https://t.co/EweDmdwqfp
— eigenrobot (@eigenrobot) October 1, 2026
Canada has become dependent on America for survival. Its economy is deeply integrated with the United States. Canadians consume American music, media, and politics. They know more about Donald Trump than their own House of Commons. American Democrats and Canadian socialists are becoming increasingly similar in their differences.
Canada has hollowed out its own history and culture. It has argued that its institutions were a force for evil. The result is a country that cannot assert its own existence. If the United States embraces this same ethos, it will suffer the same fate.
America must protect the institutions that built the country. It needs a strong economy and a stronger military. The Founding Fathers and their struggle are necessary for survival. These stories are not just for nostalgia. They are the tools by which a nation exerts its existence.
France is now a warning. A nation that loses its shared identity will fall apart. The two sides will eventually go to war.
