Veterans are pleading with students to abandon Remembrance Day rallies inspired by violent French protests as state governments stop short of ordering them to stop.

As France’s student protests descend into all-out riots and looting, more radical Australian student groups have vowed to stage their own rallies in major cities on Remembrance Day.

Students from Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth and Canberra have announced they will also join peers from Melbourne and Sydney in staging an anti-capitalism and anti-One Nation rally on November 11.

The decision to stage the rally on Remembrance Day has drawn widespread condemnation from veterans, but no state government is prepared to tell the kids to call off the controversial protests, despite Australia’s heightened political climate.

The French school protests began on September 21 with students rallying against dilapidated school buildings, overcrowded classrooms and shortage of teachers and staff.…