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Más condenas y persistentes fallas contra la trata de personas en Guatemala, según informe de Estados Unidos

El Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos mantuvo a Guatemala en el Nivel 2 de su reciente Informe sobre la Trata de Personas 2026, al concluir que el país no cumple por completo los estándares mínimos para erradicar este delito, aunque incrementó sus acciones de persecución, identificación de víctimas y asistencia durante 2025.
El documento destaca que las autoridades guatemaltecas procesaron a más sospechosos que el año anterior, identificaron a 837 víctimas y condenaron a dos exfuncionarios penitenciarios por su participación en casos de explotación sexual dentro de cárceles. A la vez, advierte que la trata laboral suele recibir un tratamiento administrativo, que faltan servicios para víctimas adultas y que hay denuncias de corrupción y complicidad de funcionarios.
Menos investigaciones pero más sospechosos ante la Justicia
La legislación guatemalteca castiga la trata sexual y laboral con penas de entre ocho y 18 años de prisión, además de multas. El informe señala que esas sanciones son proporcionales a otros delitos graves, como la violación, aunque cuestiona que la norma no exija demostrar fuerza, fraude o coacción en los casos de trata de adultos.
Durante 2025, las autoridades investigaron 369 casos de trata de personas, frente a 765 en 2024. Del total, 117 correspondieron a trata sexual, 68 a trata laboral y 184 a modalidades no especificadas. El Gobierno atribuyó la baja a un incidente cibernético que habría generado denuncias duplicadas durante el período anterior.

Pese a esa reducción, la cantidad de sospechosos procesados pasó de 63 a 81 personas. La Justicia inició causas contra 48 acusados de trata sexual, 18 de trata laboral y 15 por otras formas de explotación. Además, condenó a 36 tratantes, la misma cifra de 2024: 34 por explotación sexual y dos por explotación laboral.
El Gobierno no informó las penas impuestas a esas 36 personas. La fiscalía especializada emitió directrices para que los fiscales apliquen plenamente la ley contra la trata, aunque el Departamento de Estado remarcó que muchos casos de explotación laboral todavía se tramitan como incumplimientos de la legislación laboral y no como delitos penales.
Condenas a dos exfuncionarios penitenciarios por trata sexual
El informe dedica un apartado a la explotación de mujeres y niñas encarceladas en prisiones para hombres. Las autoridades iniciaron procesos contra 22 guardias penitenciarios por trata sexual, aunque observadores locales sostuvieron que en varios expedientes los sospechosos fueron acusados bajo figuras con penas menores.
En un proceso separado, un tribunal condenó a dos altos funcionarios penitenciarios por delitos similares. Uno recibió una pena de 13 años y cuatro meses de prisión y el otro fue sentenciado a 21 años y cuatro meses.
El documento también menciona arrestos y procesos contra otros agentes estatales por presunta complicidad u obstrucción de investigaciones, sin aportar detalles sobre esos casos. La corrupción de funcionarios, incluidos policías, inspectores laborales y autoridades locales, continúa como un factor que limita la respuesta estatal.
Guatemala mantuvo una unidad policial especializada, una fiscalía contra la trata y cuatro juzgados con competencia sobre esos delitos. Sin embargo, organizaciones no gubernamentales y funcionarios señalaron que la capacidad para detectar e investigar casos fuera de las principales ciudades sigue siendo limitada. La fiscalía amplió su cantidad de investigadores, pero las unidades encargadas de la respuesta penal aún enfrentan falta de fondos y personal.

Asistencia a 325 de las 837 víctimas identificadas
Las instituciones públicas identificaron a 837 víctimas en 2025, frente a 756 del año anterior. Entre ellas hubo 146 personas explotadas sexualmente, 542 sometidas a trata laboral y 149 víctimas de modalidades no especificadas. Las autoridades detectaron además a 22 extranjeros explotados dentro del país.
Del total identificado, el Gobierno informó que brindó servicios a 325 víctimas. La cifra representa una mejora frente a las 124 personas atendidas en 2024, aunque deja fuera de la asistencia estatal a la mayoría de quienes fueron reconocidos como posibles víctimas.
Los servicios alcanzaron a 127 personas sometidas a explotación sexual, 44 a trata laboral y 154 a otras formas de explotación. Una organización no gubernamental prestó parte de esa atención con financiamiento público.
La Secretaría de Bienestar Social (SBS) administra tres refugios especializados para niñas víctimas de trata o violencia sexual, dos en la capital y otro en un departamento cercano. La Secretaría contra la Violencia Sexual, Explotación y Trata de Personas (SVET) gestiona un albergue temporal destinado a mujeres migrantes y sus hijos pequeños.
El informe advierte que existen pocos servicios para víctimas adultas que no ingresan al refugio de la SVET y que no hay albergues ni programas específicos para hombres adultos. También señala carencias en las zonas rurales.
En 2025, el Estado destinó 10.41 millones de quetzales, equivalentes a USD 1.360,000, a programas de refugio, y 4.5 millones de quetzales, unos USD 587,467, a una organización que ofrece atención especializada.

Protocolos actualizados con obstáculos persistentes para las víctimas
Las instituciones tienen un protocolo de identificación, derivación y atención de víctimas, aunque observadores indicaron que numerosos funcionarios desconocen su contenido. El Ministerio de Trabajo actualizó, además, la guía para inspectores laborales con nuevos indicadores de riesgo y mecanismos de derivación de casos.
En noviembre de 2025, el país aprobó una ley contra las pandillas que castiga con entre 14 y 18 años de prisión el reclutamiento o la coacción de menores para participar en delitos. El Departamento de Estado alertó que la norma no incorpora medidas de protección para esos niños ni los reconoce expresamente como víctimas de trata, lo que podría derivar en su criminalización.
Las víctimas menores de edad necesitan una orden judicial de protección antes de acceder a refugios públicos o privados, un requisito que en ocasiones demora la asistencia, dice el informe. También señala que persisten problemas en el acompañamiento de quienes intervienen en procesos penales: algunas personas deben relatar los hechos ante varios proveedores y no siempre cuentan con espacios privados y seguros.
Aunque los jueces ordenan restituciones económicas, Guatemala no dispone de un mecanismo que asegure el pago efectivo. La ley de 2009 prevé un fondo de restitución administrado por la SVET, pero todavía no fue creado.

Migrantes, menores y trabajadores reclutados, principales afectados
El informe identifica a los adultos y niños guatemaltecos como los principales afectados por la explotación sexual y el trabajo forzoso, incluso en agricultura, talleres textiles, servicio doméstico y fábricas en Estados Unidos. También señala riesgos para migrantes y solicitantes de asilo que atraviesan Guatemala rumbo a México o territorio estadounidense.
Las redes de tratantes utilizan redes sociales, aplicaciones de mensajería, avisos laborales falsos, chats y videojuegos para captar víctimas. Niños son explotados en la mendicidad y la venta callejera, mientras que algunas mujeres y niñas sometidas a matrimonios forzados terminan bajo trabajo doméstico coercitivo.
La SVET contó con un presupuesto de 25.5 millones de quetzales, cerca de USD 3.3 millones, para sus actividades de prevención en 2026. El país también firmó en enero de 2026 un acuerdo comercial recíproco con Estados Unidos que incluye el compromiso de prohibir importaciones producidas mediante trabajo forzoso.
Al cierre del período analizado, había unos 327 profesionales médicos vinculados al régimen cubano que trabajaban en Guatemala bajo condiciones que, según el informe, los exponían a que les retuvieran el salario y a castigos arbitrarios. El Gobierno guatemalteco canceló el acuerdo bilateral a comienzos de 2026 y anunció que el programa concluirá gradualmente antes de fin de año.
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Torched cars, ransacked businesses: Anti-Sharia crusader warns France ‘civil war’ could be imported to US

EXCLUSIVE: The top House Republican overseeing Europe policy is blaming the riots roiling French cities on mass migration, and warning the U.S. could soon follow suit.
Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, told Digital that he was not surprised by the violent demonstrations across France — and moreover, argued they were a long time coming.
«They’ve been allowing this to happen for years and years, so they are reaping what they sowed,» Self said. «We’re also trying to get a handle on our mass migration consequences, just like France should have done years ago. That’s why I say this is a lesson to America. We are watching the future of America in France and the U.K., frankly.»
Self is the chairman of the Subcommittee on Europe in the House Foreign Affairs Committee. He is also a co-founder alongside Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, of the Sharia-Free America Caucus.
VIOLENT FAR-LEFT RIOTS IN FRANCE ARE ‘CHILLING WARNING’ FOR AMERICANS AT HOME, MIKE JOHNSON SAYS
Democrats have criticized the group as Islamophobic, and it’s been condemned by groups like the U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations.
But Self doubled down on his beliefs, suggesting France’s growing Muslim population is at least partially responsible for the riots.
«They’ve got, what, 7% now are Muslims in France? And, you know, when you reach that percentage — and very concentrated in some large cities — that gives you the tipping point that everybody talks about,» he argued.
Islam is the second-most popular religion in metropolitan France among people aged 18 to 59 after Catholicism, according to the country’s National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies.
ITALY’S SCHOOL VEIL BAN EXPOSES EUROPE’S ASSIMILATION FIGHT AS EXPERT WARNS US COULD BE NEXT
He said later: «This is what you get when you think that everyone is culturally and morally equivalent. They’re not. And at some point, you have got to make the decision: Are we going to defend a Christian heritage in France, or are we not?»
It comes after multiple days of violent protests and riots across France that have seen stores looted and centuries-old buildings burned and desecrated.
France’s secular centrist government has blamed far-left groups for exacerbating tension over high living costs and expensive education, among other issues.
Self argued France was in an open «civil war» and said its military should step in, but was pessimistic that it would.
WHO’S WHO: INSIDE FRANCE’S ‘CHAOS INC.’ FRANCHISE OF COMMUNIST GROUPS, LABOR UNIONS AND GLOBAL ACTIVISTS
«There’s too much destruction now, so we’ll see if they’ve got the gumption to send in the military. But if they don’t, then they’re very close to losing their culture in the large cities,» he said.
Asked if the turmoil should force French President Emmanuel Macron to step down, Self said, «That’s up to Macron. I think it would probably be beneficial to France.»
But he maintained the chaos should not turn into a backlash against the U.S.-France relationship — in fact, Self said, the U.S. ought to help France with intelligence-gathering about the protests.
«I think we probably ought to offer them what help we could, facial identification, whatever,» Self said, clarifying that he did not mean sending Americans in person. «France is still a very important, very large ally and partner. So we need to do what we can, understanding that, you know, President Trump has tried to get them to step up and do more. But this is not the time to abandon France.»
LIMOGES TOWN HALL ‘LARGELY LOST’ AFTER FAR-LEFT RIOTERS SET HISTORIC BUILDING ON FIRE AMID FRENCH UNREST
More than 500,000 people took to the streets in various cities and towns across France this weekend. French authorities said 1,800 people were arrested nationwide, with over 800 of those arrested in the capital city of Paris alone.
In addition to photos and videos of French heritage sites in flames, images showing some protesters carrying Algerian, Palestinian and Moroccan flags have led figures on the right to blame France’s immigration policies.
The Louvre Museum in Paris announced Monday that it would be closed «for the time being» due to the protests.
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Global ‘Chaos Inc’ grows to 101 groups with plans for new rounds of demonstrations

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The political theater of «Chaos Inc.» is preparing for a «rebellion…sweeping Europe.»
Two days after an estimated 500,000 demonstrators poured into streets across France and clashes left parts of Paris and other cities burning, French activists are calling supporters back into the streets Saturday, Oct. 24, for a new protest billed as «Acte II,» with 212 «mobilizations» currently planned, according to a digital map of the plans.
And a growing number of communist, socialist and hard-leftist organizations are answering another call for a coordinated European youth strike on Friday, Nov. 20.
VIOLENCE ERUPTS AT FRANCE PROTESTS AS MACRON WARNS UNREST IS BEING EXPLOITED
Student and youth groups affiliated with communism, socialism and far-left activism plan a new protest, «Acte II,» for Oct. 24, 2026, and use an interactive digital map to show their planned «mobilizations.» (Acte II)
A Fox News Digital investigation has now identified 101 organizations across 9 countries – including the U.S. – that are coordinating, organizing or amplifying protests in Europe in an expanding protest ecosystem, up from 54 organizations identified on Monday.
Most of the groups are adult-led, with just 33 organizations – or one in three – led by students or youth. They represent a nexus of the «red-green» alliance, merging Islamist organizations that are symbolized by the color green, and far-left, communist and socialist groups represented by the color red.
FRENCH SCHOOL RIOTS DEEPEN AS EXPERTS POINT TO FAR-LEFT ALLIANCE FUELING ‘BROADER CONFRONTATION’
The network also include groups that proudly use the «Antifa» moniker, like «Action AntiFa16,» an organization that describes itself in the Angoulême, France, Acte II announcement.
Across the Atlantic, leaders in the U.S. franchise of «Chaos Inc.» are amplifying the protests. University of California at Berkeley academic Hatem Bazian, founder of anti-Israel Palestinian organizations including Students for Justice in Palestine and American Muslims for Palestine, shared videos from the protests.
FRANCE IS DEVOURING ITSELF AS SCHOOL RIOTS REVEAL A CRISIS FAR BIGGER THAN BROKEN CLASSROOMS
Revealing the complex threads of the «red-green» alliance, Bazian drew connections between this year’s Oct. 17 riots in Paris, explosions at the Al Alhi Hospital in Gaza on Oct. 17, 2023, and protests on Oct. 17, 1961, in Paris by Algerian demonstrators , which led to a bloody and deadly confrontation with police. Hamas officials blamed Israel for the hospital deaths, while Israel attributed the blast to a failed, errant rocket launched from within Gaza by Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Bazian didn’t respond to a request for comment.
The European unrest is also receiving sympathetic amplification from a network of pro-communist organizations, including BreakThrough News, CodePink and the Party for Socialism and Liberation, funded and supported by Neville Roy Singham, an American-born tech tycoon who lives in Shanghai and has expressed support for «new world order» of the Chinese Communist Party and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
BBC CALLS FRANCE PROTESTS ‘MOSTLY PEACEFUL’ AS FOOTAGE SHOWS RIOTERS TORCHING CARS, BATTLING POLICE
On Tuesday afternoon, BreakThrough News is planning an online discussion with a headline that captures how the outlet is framing the unrest: «Europe’s Youth Uprising.»
«A rebellion is sweeping Europe,» BreakThrough News declares.
FURIOUS CROWDS PROTEST SKY-HIGH HOUSING COSTS AND MASS TOURISM IN MAJOR CITY
«From student barricades in France, to Spain’s housing encampments, to Albanians marching to save their coastline from Jared Kushner, Gen Z is rising up against austerity, soaring rents, and governments pouring money into weapons and war instead of their future,» the outlet said.

A protester holds a rock to throw at police as a kiosk burns during a demonstration near Place de la République, as the the Gilets Jaunes join students for a weekend of action on October 17, 2026 in Paris, France. (Carl Court/Getty Images)
BreakThrough News said protests had spread «from Paris and Madrid to Lisbon and Tirana» and announced that France-based journalist Rafael Karoubi would join hosts Rania Khalek and Zoe Alexandra to explain «what’s driving the uprising.»
FRANCE’S MASSIVE INTEL FAILURE SPARKS RESIGNATION OFFERS AMID DAYS OF RIOTING
In France, organizers are using the website 17octobregiletjaune.net to organize logistics, communication and people for their protests. The domain was registered on Sept. 15 by an anonymous user, according to online records. In the face of curfews and security measures against their protests by French President Emmanuel Macron, website organizers have a new demand: «Macron must leave and make way for the people!»
PHOTOS SHOW AFTERMATH OF RIOTS AS MASKED GROUPS CLASH WITH POLICE ACROSS FRANCE
Leaders are coordinating their efforts in a Telegram messaging channel, where they are sharing logistical details and polished, ready-made graphics.
After «Acte II,» they have planned another action on Oct. 31, «Acte III,» featuring «yellow vests, demonstrations and roundabouts, all over France,» and there are other actions planned on Nov. 5 and Nov. 14.
THOUSANDS FLOOD BRUSSELS STREETS AS ANTI-AUSTERITY PROTESTS ERUPT INTO CLASHES WITH POLICE
There are activities even listed for April 3, 2027, («Noisy spring») and May 29, 2027, («Day against agrochemistry»). The locations listed: «Everywhere in France.»
For the Nov. 20 action, another set of far-left groups are promoting their «International Youth Strike» on a website, calling for coordinated «demonstrations,» «walkouts,» «assemblies,» «actions,» «blockades and occupations.»
Their manifesto declares that «the exploitation of workers, climate breakdown and war are not failures of the system but the essence of capitalism.» In a press release, it says the struggle against «militarisation, rearmament, austerity and imperialism» is inseparable from the economic system supporting it and calls for «radical system change.»
The British organization «Socialist Students,» which describes itself as building the student fightback for «socialist change,» says it will participate in the Nov. 20 strike, «in coordination with 30 other European youth and student groups.
A Socialist Students appeal urges young people to join «a movement for socialist change,» while another campaign statement declares: «Our fight for socialism is based on Marxism» and argues that «workers and young people must actively fight and organise.»
An unidentified person registered the youthstrike.org domain on Aug. 2, according to online records.

Protesters climbed at the top of the Statue de la République as student unions and Gilets Jaunes united to demonstrate against education underfunding, austerity, and rising living costs in Paris, France, Oct. 17, 2026. (Guy Smallman/Getty Images)
WHO’S WHO IN THE EXPANDING ‘GLOBAL CHAOS INC.’ NETWORK (101)
ACTE II, OCT. 24 – NEW (14)
- Coordination régionale Bloquons tout Île-de-France — Île-de-France Regional «Block Everything» Coordination – PROTEST COORDINATION: Regional «Block Everything» organization behind the platform promoting «Acte II.»
- Peuple RÉVOLTÉ – People in Revolt — PROTEST COLLECTIVE: Organization helping operate the «Acte II» platform.
- Maintenant! – Now! — PROTEST MOVEMENT: Civic movement participating in the «Acte II» platform.
- Indignons-nous, Bloquons tout – Let’s Get Indignant, Block Everything — DIRECT ACTION: Protest collective promoting «Acte II.»
- Coordination nationale lycéenne – National High School Students’ Coordination — STUDENT/YOUTH: New national high-school coordination calling students into the streets Oct. 24 for «Acte II.»
Angoulême, France
- NPA Charente – New Anticapitalist Party–Charente (NPA 16) — REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALIST: Local NPA chapter mobilizing for Acte II.
- Action Antifasciste 16 — ANTIFASCIST: Collaborator on the Angoulême Acte II announcement.
- Maison des Peuples et de la Paix – House of Peoples and Peace — ACTIVIST: Angoulême organization collaborating on the Acte II call.
- Fanfare en lutte d’Angoulême – Angoulême Marching Band in Struggle — ACTIVIST: Local activist collective collaborating on Acte II.
- Révolution Permanente Angoulême — Permanent Revolution–Angoulême – REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALIST: Local chapter of Révolution Permanente, collaborating on the Oct. 24 mobilization.
- Organisation de Solidarité Trans (OST) Angoulême — Trans Solidarity Organization–Angoulême – ACTIVIST / SOLIDARITY: Local organization listed as an Acte II collaborator.
Caen, France
- Caen Antifa Squad — ANTIFASCIST: Collaborator on an «ACTE II — 24 OCTOBRE» announcement.
- Caen en Lutte — Caen in Struggle – PROTEST COLLECTIVE: Local organization collaborating on Acte II.
Solidarité Étudiante 14 — Student Solidarity 14 – STUDENT: Calvados student organization collaborating on the Oct. 24 mobilization.
NOV. 20 INTERNATIONAL NETWORK
Belgium (3)
- Comac — MARXIST/SOCIALIST YOUTH: Belgian youth organization associated with the Workers’ Party.
- RedFox — SOCIALIST YOUTH: Belgian socialist youth organization.
- Vrede — ANTI-WAR: Belgian organization publishing and promoting the International Youth Strike manifesto.
France (1)
- Mouvement National Lycéen — STUDENT/YOUTH: French high-school organization identified in the European Nov. 20 coalition.
Germany (6)
- Schulstreik gegen Wehrpflicht — STUDENT/»ANTI-CONSCRIPTION»: German school-strike network mobilizing for Nov. 20.
- Die Falken — SOCIALIST YOUTH: German socialist youth organization involved in the international organizing process.
- Linksjugend [‘solid] — SOCIALIST YOUTH: Youth organization associated with Die Linke.
- DIE LINKE.SDS — SOCIALIST STUDENT: German socialist university organization.
- Socialist German Workers Youth, (SDAJ) — COMMUNIST YOUTH: Socialist German Workers Youth.
- Sozialistische Organisation Solidarität — SOCIALIST: German socialist organization mobilizing around Nov. 20.

Protesters hold a Palestinian flag on the day French high school and university students attend a demonstration in Strasbourg as part of a nationwide day of protests and blockades, voicing anger over overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages and dilapidated school buildings, which students blame on years of underinvestment, France, October 6, 2026. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach ( )
Ireland (1)
- Militant Left — SOCIALIST: Irish socialist organization promoting the international mobilization.
Italy (4)
- Rete della Conoscenza — LEFT-WING STUDENT: Italian student network helping build the international strike.
- Unione degli Studenti — STUDENT: Italian high-school student organization promoting Nov. 20.
- LINK – Coordinamento Universitario — STUDENT: Italian university network promoting the strike.
- CGIL — LABOR: Italian labor confederation whose Nov. 20 general strike converges with the student mobilization.
Spain (1)
- Sindicato de Estudiantes — SOCIALIST STUDENT: Spanish student organization identified in the international network.
United Kingdom (9)
- Counterfire — REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALIST / ANTI-WAR: Promoting the Nov. 20 international strike.
- Left Unity — SOCIALIST: Promoting the wider European mobilization.
- International Youth Strike — INTERNATIONAL YOUTH / ANTI-CAPITALIST COALITION: The coordinating coalition behind the Nov. 20 strike says student and youth organizations across Europe are organizing demonstrations, walkouts, assemblies, blockades and occupations. Its manifesto says exploitation, climate breakdown and war are the «essence of capitalism,» calls NATO an instrument of «imperial interests» that «should be dissolved,» and demands «radical system change.»
- North West Pensioners Association — ACTIVIST: Organizational supporter of the Nov. 20 actions.
- Socialist Party — TROTSKYIST: Socialist party promoting the international strike.
- Socialist Students — SOCIALIST STUDENT: British organizer advocating a «socialist future.»
- Stop the War Coalition — ANTI-WAR: Promoting Nov. 20 student mobilization.
- Universities and Colleges Union @ucunion — The largest trade union and professional association for academics, lecturers, trainers, researchers & academic-related staff in UK «Further Education» and «Higher Education.»
- Young Greens — YOUTH / GREEN: British youth organization identified among supporters.
Amplifiers (8)
- CODEPINK — U.S. ANTI-WAR / ACTIVIST ORGANIZATION: The U.S. organization has explicitly connected the French protests to its own planned Washington mobilization. «From France to the United States, the message is clear,» CODEPINK said, before promoting its Nov. 10-12 «Taxpayer Uprising» demanding that federal spending go toward education, healthcare and housing rather than the military.
- Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI) — TROTSKYIST / SOCIALIST: An international socialist organization whose national affiliates include Britain’s Socialist Party and Ireland’s Militant Left. Its international website is promoting the Nov. 20 youth walkout under the campaign slogan «Fight for our future not their wars.»
- International Socialist Alternative (ISA) — REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALIST: The international socialist organization says «Capitalism means war» and that it «wholeheartedly» supports the Nov. 20 strike. ISA says its members have helped organize Germany’s anti-conscription school strikes and describes imperialism as the «highest stage of capitalism.»
- Party for Socialism and Liberation–Houston — MARXIST-LENINIST / U.S. CHAPTER: The Houston chapter of the U.S. Party for Socialism and Liberation is amplifying the French protest movement.
- Progressive International — TRANSNATIONAL LEFT NETWORK: The international organization explicitly grouped the current protests in France, Spain, India and Albania in an Oct. 16 briefing and asked how the «new rebellions» could acquire organized political power. Most significantly, it said: «These are the forces that the Progressive International is working to support and connect.»
- Stop ReArm Europe — ANTI-WAR / ANTI-MILITARIZATION COALITION: A European coalition calling for demonstrations and actions around Nov. 20 under the slogan «Welfare, not Warfare.» It says it supports students «refusing» militarization and calls on social movements, unions, civil-society groups, political organizations and parliamentarians to mobilize around the student strike.
- teleSUR English — INTERNATIONAL MEDIA AMPLIFIER: The international media outlet amplified the French demonstrations with Oct. 17 coverage of clashes, fires and arrests in Paris, Lyon and other cities. This is evidence of international amplification.
- World BEYOND War — INTERNATIONAL ANTI-WAR: A global organization that describes itself as a movement to «end war» and says it is part of the Stop ReArm Europe campaign. It is explicitly promoting the Nov. 20 International Youth Strike and urging supporters to «join this resistance.»
FRANCE — ORIGINAL NETWORK (54)
- Organisation communiste révolutionnaire — REVOLUTIONARY COMMUNIST: Communist organization involved in protests.
- Parti communiste français — COMMUNIST: French Communist Party whose leaders and activists joined the demonstrations.
- Parti des Indigènes de la République — DECOLONIAL: Political organization that defends the student revolt.
- Parti de l’égalité socialiste — TROTSKYIST: Socialist organization advocating workers’ action committees.
- Revolutionary Communist Group — COMMUNIST: British organization that connects the French protests to capitalism, imperialism and Palestine.
- Révolution Permanente — TROTSKYIST: Revolutionary socialist organization promoting student-worker mobilization.
- World Socialist Web Site — TROTSKYIST MEDIA: Socialist outlet framing the French protests around capitalism, austerity and militarization.
Palestine-solidarity organizations
- Union juive française pour la paix — PALESTINE SOLIDARITY: French Jewish organization that publicizes support for the protesting students.
- Urgence Palestine — PALESTINE SOLIDARITY: French Palestine organization that amplified protest-related material.
Labor and professional organizations
- CGT Éduc’action — LABOR: CGT’s education-sector organization.
- CFDT Éducation Formation Recherche Publiques — LABOR: Education and research union supporting the student movement.
- CGT — LABOR: Major French labor confederation involved in the October mobilizations.
- CNT — ANARCHO-SYNDICALIST: Revolutionary-syndicalist union that declared students were «right to revolt.»
- Confédération paysanne — FARMERS’ UNION: Called agricultural workers into the Oct. 17 mobilization.
- FSU — LABOR: Education and public-sector union federation.
- FNEC FP-FO — LABOR: Force Ouvrière’s education federation.
- Force Ouvrière — LABOR: National labor confederation.
- SUD éducation — LABOR: Left-wing education union.
- SNES-FSU — LABOR: Secondary-school personnel union.
- Union syndicale Solidaires — LABOR: Left-wing labor federation.
- UNSA — LABOR: National autonomous trade-union federation.
Advocacy, environmental and protest organizations
- Amnesty International France — HUMAN RIGHTS: Reported on police treatment of minors during the demonstrations.
- ATTAC France — ECONOMIC JUSTICE: Connected the mobilization to austerity and economic policy.
- Coordination nationale du mouvement du 26 septembre — PROTEST NETWORK: Mobilization network that encouraged participation in Oct. 17.
- Extinction Rebellion — ENVIRONMENTAL: Environmental direct-action movement appearing in the protest ecosystem.
- FCPE — PARENTS: National parents’ federation that called members to demonstrate.
- Gilets jaunes — Yellow Vests: Decentralized protest movement whose Oct. 17 mobilization converged with the students.
- Intersyndicale nationale VTC — PROFESSIONAL / LABOR: Private-hire drivers’ coalition promoting participation.
- Les Soulèvements de la Terre — RADICAL ENVIRONMENTAL: Movement that celebrated the student revolt and called for antifascist mobilization.
- Ligue des droits de l’Homme — HUMAN RIGHTS: Supported students and criticized police repression.
- Movement Against Racism and for Friendship Between Peoples (MRAP) — ANTIRACIST: Antiracism organization involved in the wider coalition.
- SOS Racisme — ANTIRACIST: Antiracism organization involved in supporting the movement.
International amplifiers
- BreakThrough News — SINGHAM NETWORK / MEDIA: New York-based nonprofit amplifying the French protests internationally.
- Indian Alliance Paris — INTERNATIONAL / DIASPORA: France-based organization connecting French and Indian protest messaging. Partnered with the People’s Forum in Manhattan.
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Midwest pro-Trump state could hold key to Republicans’ midterm hopes

DES MOINES, Iowa — House Republicans are pinning hopes of keeping their majority on a state that President Donald Trump won by roughly 13 points in November 2024.
And while Iowa has leaned red in recent years, Republicans are now finding themselves defending three of its four congressional districts as polls give Democrats more hope by the day that the key to a blue wave runs through the Midwest.
But Republicans are dismissing public perception surveys as a political cudgel used by the media and the left to discourage GOP voters, while insisting the results will come down to one thing.
«Nobody knows what’s going to happen on November 3. But I’m here to tell you, if our people show up, we win. If our people don’t show up … then we’re going to be scratching and clawing to hang on to every inch that we’ve got,» House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., told a room of GOP supporters in Dubuque, Iowa, on Thursday.
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Digital joined Emmer and several other House Republicans on a two-district swing in Iowa late last week. The No. 3 House GOP leader spent his afternoon at an event for congressional candidate Joe Mitchell in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District, followed by a fundraiser for Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, in Des Moines in the evening.
At both events, he argued that polling showing Democrats with a growing advantage was incorrect, but he and others are still warning that getting Republicans out to vote will be key to the party’s success.
«Republicans do not like to participate in surveys,» Emmer told people Thursday evening in Des Moines. «We are very suspicious of the people who are giving the information to and the databases they’re putting us in. By the way, there are Republicans who answer these surveys who may tell exactly the opposite of what they actually stand on, because again, we don’t trust them.»
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Power Rankings show all but one of Iowa’s four congressional districts are in play. Nunn’s district and the one represented by Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, both «lean Democrat.» The seat Mitchell is vying to take over from retiring Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, is ranked a «toss-up.»
Republicans across the country are privately worrying that Trump’s low approval numbers coupled with some of his more unpopular policies could drag down the GOP. Add in the overall high cost of living and gas prices, some on the right are bracing for a 2018-style blue wave.
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Two of the policies that could sandbag Republican candidates in Iowa in particular are Trump’s tariffs and his decision to import foreign beef. The agriculture-heavy state has been hit particularly hard so far, with tariffs making farm equipment and other materials more expensive, while Trump’s trade war with China has hit American farmers hard with Beijing’s retaliation.
Trump has sought to mitigate the impact of his steel tariffs in particular, announcing plans last month for a $15 billion steel plant in Lee County, Iowa.
But both Nunn and Mitchell are confident in the races they are running.
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«We feel very confident about the race. And that’s because we’ve talked to every voter we can, asked for their vote on November 3, and we’ve been traveling the district for the last 13 months — all 22 counties, rural and suburban and urban, telling people, this is an election of common sense versus crazy,» Mitchell told Digital. «We have the hardest workers on the ballot.»
Nunn told attendees at his event, «Not only is Iowa at the front line of the entire country when it comes to making sure we’ve got three competitive House seats, Des Moines, Iowa, the third district, our proud district, is now one of the most competitive in the country.»
«So not only are we on the front line, we get to be at the tip of the spear,» Nunn said, weeks after he led a bipartisan bill aimed at curbing Trump’s imports of foreign beef.
And despite the national-level outlook on Trump, turning out the president’s supporters could be the difference between narrowly keeping the GOP majority and losing control of the House.
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Trump, for his part, is doing what he can to motivate the base.
Nunn kicked off his Thursday evening event shortly after a phone call with Trump, during which the president said he «is committed to making sure we remain here in Iowa,» the congressman said.
Trump is also set to descend on the state later this week for a rally in Sioux City, though it’s taking place in the only safe district for Republicans in the state.
«I’m always competing. I don’t care if it’s Iowa, I don’t care if it’s Pennsylvania, Ohio, Nevada, Texas, Florida, they’re all important to this midterm,» Emmer told Digital. «This midterm, to me, will come down to about 10 seats. Everybody talks about 20-plus. No. It’s going to be a very narrow end, and for Republicans, Iowa is a great example. If the Republicans come out to vote, we’re going to be just fine.»
If the fate of the House majority did come down to the results of just 10 seats, that would mean Iowa would be responsible for roughly one-third of that success.
And while not all Republicans are as confident in the GOP’s chances in Iowa, they do agree that the final results will come down to turnout.
«This goes one of two ways — and both aren’t great for Republicans. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Joe Mitchell, and Zach Nunn either win by the skin of their teeth or it’s complete and total obliteration on November 3,» a GOP operative familiar with campaigns in Iowa told Digital. «There is no in-between. If Republican voters turn out to the polls, there’s hope. If not, it’s going to be bad.»
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