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Protesters in front of the Théâtre de l Odéon. Photo by Marion Bellal.
It’s not the first time that the Théâtre de l’Odéon has been occupied. The iconic Paris monument has a long history of occupation, having housed demonstrators during the student protests of 1968, and later been a protest site for culture workers’ unions in 1996 and in 2016.
After a year of Covid-19, and the shutdown of cultural venues including museums, theaters, and concert halls around France, protesters have once again taken their plight to the theater.
Since March 4, around 50 people have been living and sleeping inside the monument. Outside, the stairs and the square have become an agora, and the building’s neoclassical facade is now hidden beneath banners reading “Sacrificed culture,” “Six in ten unemployed workers haven’t received compensation,” and “Disqualified government.”
family is born, lives and dies in an occupation movement simply because of their heritage and background. my grandmother s house was taken and turned into a settlement. we can t use peaceful means like a boycott. tell me what we can use so we can try that. first of all, the palestinians could have accepted one of many offers over time for their own state under president bush, under president carter. it s not like the israelis haven t offered their state at various junctures. one, they could have had better negotiators. but the issue is this. bds seeks, and it is virulently anti-semitic. if you look at the language, if you look at the people they hang out with, it is anti-semitic, and their goal is to destroy israel, not simply to create a just outcome. listen, i m in favor of the two-state solution. i m very, very concerned and, frankly, quite negative on this
you can see some of the hundreds of tents that are spread out over this area. basically what the police have shown, now on two occasions within the last week is when they want to, they can very quickly and very effectively clear out thousands of demonstrators and clear out the makeshift barricades they put together and clearly at this location, the authorities have decided to continue to allow the status quo, to allow the demonstrators to continue occupying as they have done for more than two months. but when the demonstrators tried to expand their occupation movement, when they tried to blockade the entrances to the government headquarters, the security forces did not tolerate that and they arrested dozens of people, used batons and pepper spray to clear out the demonstrators, some of whom tried to fight back. the government says by throwing