Gilets Jaunes

France: Yellow Vests Resume Protests

September 15, 2020 UNAC Editor Press Freedom, Resistance, Venezuela

FYI: from Telesur English, September 12, 2020 The ‘Yellow Vests’ Saturday took to the streets after a summer break to continue protesting against Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform plans. Almost two years after their first mobilizations, the Yellow Vests marched through Paris, Marseille, Toulouse, Lyon, Lille, Nantes, Nice, Bordeaux, and Strasbourg. Yellow Vests in France are back! https://t.co/rJTznMN9SA pic.twitter.com/etuoptte4b — Karli[…]

Class struggle breaks out in the streets of France

December 13, 2019 UNAC Editor Labor Struggles, Protest

By G. Dunkel, posted on Workers World, December 9, 2019 Workers in France are determined to defend one of the best retirement systems in the world, a retirement system based on solidarity and respect. That’s why 1.5 million workers hit the streets Dec. 5 in 250 French cities — all the big cities and most of the midsize and smaller[…]

French Yellow Vests Celebrate First Birthday

November 26, 2019 UNAC Editor Protest, Resistance

by Richard Greeman, published on Counterpunch, November 19, 2019 This weekend the Yellow Vests celebrated their first birthday, with convivial barbeques on traffic circles (roundabouts) all over France followed by direct actions like liberating tollbooths. Although number of protestors has declined to about 10% of the estimated 400,000 who rose up a year ago on Nov. 17, 2018 – thanks[…]

About the Yellow Vest Revolt (Videos)

January 2, 2019 UNAC Editor Protest, Resistance

Editor’s Note: If you have yet to really see Les Gilets Jaunes (The Yellow Vests) protesting in Paris, these are some interesting videos by Vincent Lapierre. We should be paying attention in this country. Below I have embedded Acts 3 – 6. I think it’s likely there will be more. In these reports, we see live action in the streets[…]

Yellow Vests Show the Way

December 16, 2018 UNAC Editor Featured, Labor, Protest, Resistance

“Yellow vests” mass protests against the rise in fuel prices in the French capital of Paris ~Sputnik by Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report, December 12, 2018 The yellow vests ought to be inspirations for the 99% on this side of the Atlantic ocean. “They will not accept neoliberal plunder without a fight.” French law requires drivers to keep gilets jaunes,[…]