From baton beatings to chokeholds to damaged equipment, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has documented seven cases of journalists being physically obstructed by police while covering the 10 September protests spurred by the “Block Everything” movement.

The ‘Block Everything’ movement has leapt from social media to the streets deepening France’s political crisis and testing President Emmanuel Macron

Members of the ‘Block Everything’ movement said they considered the political system was no longer fit for purpose

The 'Block Everything' movement could count up to 100,000 participants, with strong turnout expected in left-wing and radical left strongholds such as the Nantes, Rennes and Lyon regions.

"Block Everything" has drawn comparisons with the 2018 "Yellow Vest" movement, which began as motorists' protests against diesel taxes before morphing into anger over high living costs and inequality. Billions of euros in tax cuts helped quell the uprising after six months, but some residual anger still animates the "Block Everything" movement.

The call to “Block Everything” on September 10, which points to a fast-growing social radicalization, emerged as the French government moved towards collapse.