Overview

• The call first appeared on May 21 in the small Telegram channel “Les Essentiels” run by Julien Marissiaux, and the collective promotes dispersed non‑participation rather than street protests.
• Online attention accelerated after François Bayrou’s July 15 savings plan, drawing in former Gilets jaunes networks and a heterogeneous mix from sovereigntists to anti‑capitalist and populist circles.
• Visibrain reports more than 840,000 posts on X, over 22 million TikTok views and upwards of 5,200 active Facebook pages related to the Sept. 10 theme by late August.
• Jean‑Luc Mélenchon’s endorsement on August 16, followed by backing from left parties and the CGT, reoriented the conversation toward a classic radical‑left mobilisation.
• Visibrain describes a broad astroturfing effort with automated or suspect accounts, while an AFP‑briefed government source says observed pro‑Russian and pro‑Iranian boosting was opportunistic and marginal compared with domestic content.