Demonstrators demonstrated today, Saturday, October 24, in Marseille to denounce the high cost of living, poor working conditions and increasing restrictions on basic freedoms in France. One protester said "things are getting harder and harder for everyone," arguing that the country's founding values of "liberty, equality, fraternity" were being forgotten. Another protester pointed to the role of high school students in initiating and maintaining the demonstrations, saying that they "gave us strength again" and helped the protesters continue their struggle. The protester described the growing mobilization as "a new phase of class struggle. "Watch.