Expect many more all over the world as global warming gains traction.

"Bassines Non Merci" a pressure group that brings together environmental associations, trade unions and anti-capitalist groups, organised the demonstration against what it claims is a "water grab" by the "agro-industry" in western France.

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 67%. (I'm a bot)

> Thousands of demonstrators defied an official ban to march on Saturday against the deployment of new water storage infrastructure for agricultural irrigation in western France, according to organisers.

> The deployment of giant water "Basins" is underway in the village of Sainte-Soline, in the Deux-Sèvres department, to irrigate crops, which opponents claim distorts access to water amid drought conditions.

> The Sainte-Soline water reserve is the second of 16 such installations, part of a project developed by a group of 400 farmers organised in a water cooperative to significantly reduce mains water usage in summer.

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So their main issue is that they're being used by companies that are exporting grain?

The world is on the verge of a food crisis with Russia backing out of the deal with Ukraine. Bad look, anti capitalists.

Meanwhile, there’s currently people, mostly children, in the Horn of Africa starving to death because of high worldwide grain prices.

People gotta eat.. and these people are protesting more infrastructure to feed them…. Shame.

At first glance I thought they were protesting bad basslines in music.

"Bass lines? Bah! Nope!"

Given the future draughts, we will need more water infrastructures to prevent food production collapse. I mean, even Mesopotamians had irrigation.