Clare Solomon and Danielle Obono report from Paris where around 100,000 people joined a protest organised by the Front de Gauche, the French Communist Party, the CGT union and other groups

Clare Solomon

As President of the University of London Union 2010-2011, Clare was a key organiser of the 2010 student rebellion. ‘Springtime: The New Student Rebellions’, her book on the student and youth revolts worldwide, co-edited with Tania Palmieri, is published by Verso. She is a leading member of the People's Assembly and Counterfire.