Antifa

France's far-right National Rally and its allies made gains in elections to the French Senate, according to RFI. The result reinforces the party's growing national standing and has prompted reactions from left-wing commentators, some of whom are calling on supporters to join anti-fascist groups and trade unions in response to the advance.

A widely shared social media post on Mastodon strings together US political hashtags including men in power, Christian patriarchy, trans rights, immigration, feminism, LGBTQ issues, anti-fascism and anti-fa, along with the word 'rapists'. No specific news event is named, but the clustering suggests commentary linking conservative American politics with attacks on women's rights, transgender people and immigrants.

A meeting of France's Rassemblement National was reportedly attacked with a Molotov cocktail by people described as antifascists, prompting criticism that the incident drew no condemnation. A commentator contrasts this with an 18-month prison sentence handed to identitarian activists who merely held placards against La France Insoumise, denouncing selective outrage in French political debate.