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Global 'Chaos Inc' grows to 101 groups with plans for new rounds of demonstrations

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Nomani, A. (2026, October 20). Global 'Chaos Inc' grows to 101 groups with plans for new rounds of demonstrations. Fox News. https://www.foxnews.com/world/global-chaos-inc-grows-101-groups-plans-new-rounds-demonstrations

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Fox News · collected 2026-10-20 · by Asra Nomani

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Fox News Digital reports that the number of organizations involved in coordinated protests under the umbrella term "Chaos Inc." has grown to 101 across 13 countries since Monday. This includes groups planning new demonstrations in France and other European cities, with some U.S.-based entities like BreakThrough News providing support. The article highlights a mix of communist, socialist, and Islamist organizations participating, labeled as part of the "red-green" alliance, and mentions amplification from figures such as Hatem Bazian.
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France experienced severe urban unrest in late October 2026, with hundreds of thousands of demonstrators taking to the streets, leading to clashes and parts of Paris burning. The protests were primarily organized by students and trade unions over economic conditions and education issues. Riot police responded aggressively, using tear gas and batons, which led to injuries including a 14-year-old having his jaw shattered and teeth damaged. In response, the French government vowed a "massive" security deployment for planned demonstrations on October 24, reinforcing police with troops after acknowledging failures in containing previous riots. Protest organizers from a network called Chaos Inc are planning new rounds of demonstrations across Europe, including in cities like Madrid and Lisbon, exacerbating concerns about civil liberties as UN experts have condemned the excessive use of force by French authorities during the student protests.

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ABC News (AU)
⚖️ Leans left Hedges 2 of 28 claims Outlet record 67/100
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⚖️ Leans left Hedges 2 of 33 claims Outlet record 66/100
“Article A describes the initial clashes and demonstrations occurring on a specific date, while Article B discusses plans for future protests and mobilizations.”
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“Article A describes clashes and fires that occurred on October 17, 2026, while Article B discusses plans for new rounds of demonstrations scheduled after the initial protest.”
Daily Mail
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⚖️ Leans strongly right Hedges 1 of 77 claims Outlet record 66/100
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Washington Examiner
⚖️ Leans strongly right Hedges 1 of 3 claims Outlet record 69/100
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The Guardian
⚖️ Leans strongly left Hedges 5 of 85 claims Outlet record 66/100
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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.
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🔮 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." In France, organizers are using the website 17octobregiletjaune.net to organize logistics, communication and people for their protests.

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The political theater of "Chaos Inc." is preparing for a "rebellion ... sweeping Europe." asserted
theater → prepare → 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. uncertain
number → estimate → Friday
A Fox News Digital investigation has now identified 101 organizations across 13 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. asserted
that → identify → Monday
Most of the groups are adult-led, with just 33 organizations — or one in three — led by students or youth. asserted
organizations → lead → students
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. asserted
that → represent → red
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. asserted
that → include → announcement
Across the Atlantic, leaders in the U.S. franchise of "Chaos Inc." are amplifying the protests. asserted
leaders → amplify → 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. asserted
Bazian → include → protests
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. asserted
which → reveal → 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. asserted
Israel → blame → Jihad
Bazian didn't respond to a request for comment. asserted
Bazian → respond → 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. asserted
who → receive → Party
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. asserted
outlet → plan → unrest
"A rebellion is sweeping Europe," BreakThrough News declares. " asserted
News → sweep → Europe
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. asserted
outlet → march → future
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." In France, organizers are using the website 17octobregiletjaune.net to organize logistics, communication and people for their protests. asserted
organizers → say → protests
The domain was registered on Sept. 15 by an anonymous user, according to online records. uncertain
domain → register → 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!" asserted
Macron → have → people
Leaders are coordinating their efforts in a Telegram messaging channel, where they are sharing logistical details and polished, ready-made graphics. asserted
they → coordinate → details
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. asserted
they → plan → Nov.
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." asserted
set → promote → demonstrations
Their manifesto declares that "the exploitation of workers, climate breakdown and war are not failures of the system but the essence of capitalism." asserted
exploitation → declare → 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." asserted
struggle → say → 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." asserted
it → describe → 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." asserted
workers → urge → Marxism
An unidentified person registered the youthstrike.org domain on Aug. 2, according to online records. uncertain
person → register → records
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: asserted
'S → expand → 14
- Indignons-nous, Bloquons tout – Let’s Get Indignant, Block Everything — asserted
’s → let → Everything
- CGIL — LABOR: Italian labor confederation whose Nov. 20 general strike converges with the student mobilization. Spain (1) - Sindicato de Estudiantes — SOCIALIST STUDENT: asserted
strike → converge → mobilization
The coordinating coalition behind the Nov. 20 strike says student and youth organizations across Europe are organizing demonstrations, walkouts, assemblies, blockades and occupations. asserted
organizations → coordinate → demonstrations
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." asserted
that → say → change
The U.S. organization has explicitly connected the French protests to its own planned Washington mobilization. asserted
organization → connect → 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. asserted
spending → say → military
An international socialist organization whose national affiliates include Britain's Socialist Party and Ireland's Militant Left. asserted
affiliates → include → Party
Its international website is promoting the Nov. 20 youth walkout under the campaign slogan "Fight for our future not their wars." asserted
website → promote → future
The international socialist organization says "Capitalism means war" and that it "wholeheartedly" supports the Nov. 20 strike. asserted
it → say → strike
ISA says its members have helped organize Germany's anti-conscription school strikes and describes imperialism as the "highest stage of capitalism." asserted
members → say → capitalism
The Houston chapter of the U.S. Party for Socialism and Liberation is amplifying the French protest movement. asserted
chapter → amplify → movement
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. uncertain
rebellions → group → power
Most significantly, it said: "These are the forces that the Progressive International is working to support and connect." asserted
International → say → that
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