France

For The Gilets Jaunes, There Won’t Be An “After”

November 12, 2019 ROAR Collective, Roarmag.org Resist! Class Struggle, France, Gilets Jaunes, Uprising, Yellow Vests

November 2019 has arrived, bringing in its wake the one year anniversary of the Gilets Jaunes. Those who talked about running out of steam in January, then this spring, then again this summer, still don’t get it: the essence of the movement, encoded in its DNA, is that it can’t end. Each social movement has its own temporality, its own specificity, its own way of ending. A few months after a huge strike, mass protests or popular uprisings, the media and political experts wrap up the sequence in newspaper and file it away in the archives of History.

Migrants And ‘Black Vests’ Occupy Historical Monument

July 14, 2019 Telesur English. Resist! France, Housing, Migrants, Yellow Vest

About a thousand migrants and asylum seekers entered Paris's Pantheon Friday and briefly occupied the vaunted memorial complex to demand talks with the prime minister on legalizing their undocumented status, activists said. The undocumented migrants, members of the 'Black Vest' collective, taking their name from the anti-government 'Yellow Vests' protesting throughout France since last November, entered the historic complex at around midday, a member of the Chapelle Debout collective said.

Amazon Protested In Three Cities Over Climate Crisis

July 6, 2019 Forrest Crellin, Reuters. Resist! Amazon, France, Worker Rights, Yellow Vest

Paris - Several hundred environmental activists protested outside Amazon’s headquarters in Paris and at two of its regional distribution centers in France on Tuesday as part of stepped-up climate change demonstrations. The protest drew support from groups including Friends of the Earth and the “Gilets Jaunes”, who have mounted months of demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron. Some 240 people blocked access to Amazon’s (AMZN.O) main office in Paris, organizers said, with many denouncing the online giant’s business practices, saying it wasn’t paying its fair share of tax or paying its employees a fair wage.

French Police Face Probe Over Tear Gas At Climate Protest

July 5, 2019 Deutsche Welle. Educate! Extinction Rebellion, France, Police abuse, Tear Gas

Police in France faced criticism on Monday after a video of officers spraying tear gas on climate protesters staging a sit-in on a bridge emerged online, prompting the French interior minister to call for an investigation. The protest over the French government's environment policies was held by members of the Extinction Rebellion group at the Pont de Sully bridge during sweltering heat on Friday. A video shared on Twitter and since widely broadcast on news channels shows a group of protesters sitting on the ground with their arms linked and heads bowed after they had refused orders to vacate the bridge. When they refuse to move, officers spray them with hand-held tear gas canisters, while the demonstrators try to protect their faces.

The ‘Gilets Noirs’: The Undocumented Migrant Movement In France

June 14, 2019 Luke Butterly, Versobooks.com Resist! Class Struggle, France, Immigrants, Undocumented

With France marking six months of ‘yellow vest’ rallies and civil unrest, a new movement is making itself heard. The Gilets Noirs, the largest collective of undocumented migrants in France, have been conducting a series of high profile actions, most notbaly the recent protests at Charles De Gaulle airport calling for an end to deportation flights. In this article, Luke Butterly reports on the movement. As France marks six months of ‘yellow vest’ rallies and civil unrest, a new movement is making itself heard.

French State Demands Four Months’ Jail For “Yellow Vest” Protester Eric Drouet

June 12, 2019 Anthony Torres, Wsws.org Resist! France, Prisons, Protests, Repression, Yellow Vest

On Friday, on the eve of the 30th weekend of “yellow vest” protests, French prosecutors demanded a four-month prison sentence against Eric Drouet, one of the leaders of the “yellow vest” movement. He was accused of “grouping with a view to preparing violence or degradation” and “carrying a prohibited category D weapon” during a demonstration. Drouet’s conduct had been entirely peaceful, and the charges are fabricated out of whole cloth. At the end of December, police arrested Drouet, who had organised a rally at the Place de la Concorde to pay tribute to the victims of police violence among “yellow vest” protesters.

French Police Crack Down On 30th ‘Yellow Vest’ Protest

June 9, 2019 Staff, Telesur Resist! France, Police violence, Yellow Vest

The French government said 10,300 people demonstrated across the country, up from 9,500 last weekend. French police violently clashed with protesters Saturday at the 30th consecutive weekend of "yellow vest" demonstrations, using tear gas and water cannons in the southern city of Montpellier. Demonstrators Saturday said they would continue to protest over Macron's policies. "We're still (fighting) for purchasing power, at this moment, for everyone; because we take into account that he (President Macron) has offered some small things, but often it's what's been previously taken away," said Sebastian, a postal service worker.

March Of The Mutilated: Injured Yellow Vests Protest Police Brutality In Paris

June 3, 2019 Staff, Rt.com Resist! Class Struggle, France, Paris, police brutality, Protests, Yellow Vest

Several hundred people have shown up for the ‘march of the mutilated’ in Paris, protesting police brutality and demanding a ban on the weaponry law enforcement uses to control demonstrators. People gathered in central Paris on Sunday, the day after ‘Act 29’ of the Yellow Vest protests. The demonstrators carried banners, showing injuries – such as lost eyes and limbs – various protesters have received over the past few months and demanding a ban of the ‘less-lethal’ weapons used by police.

The Yellow Vests Of France: Six Months Of Struggle

May 21, 2019 By Richard Greeman, Socialistproject.ca Resist! Class Struggle, France, Workers, Yellow Vest

I am writing you from Montpellier, France, where I am a participant-observer in the Yellow Vest (Gilets jaunes) movement, which is still going strong after six months, despite a dearth of information in the international media. But why should you take the time to learn more about the Yellow Vests? The answer is that France has for more than two centuries been the classic model for social innovation, and this unique, original social movement has enormous international significance.

French Labor Leaders Size Up Yellow Vests

May 21, 2019 By Léa Bouchoucha, Consortiumnews.com Strategize! France, Labor, Yellow Vest

Several weeks ago Emmanuelle Cheron, 43, was out on the Place de La République in Paris, along with other members of a new collective of professional child minders. They wore pink vests, held balloons and had set up a large pink-and-white banner that said “Maternal assistants are angry. No to the unemployment reform.” Later that Saturday, on March 30, the Yellow Vest protesters were going to be on the streets as usual.But Cheron and her allies wanted to stage their own, single-issue demonstration.

The Yellow Vests of France: Six Months of Struggle

May 18, 2019 Richard Greeman Resist! France, Yellow Vest

I am writing you from Montpellier, France, where I am a participant-observer in the Yellow Vest movement, which is still

‘No Social Backlash To Anyone That Holds Islamophobic Views’

May 17, 2019 Staff, Aljazeera.com Resist! Electoral Politics, France, Islamophobia, Racism

Paris, France - In March, a French woman wearing the hijab applied for a job at a lingerie shop, Etam, in the southern city of Montpellier. The woman, Oumaima, claimed her application was rejected because the manager told her veiled women would not be accepted. In a video posted on Twitter that has been viewed more than 240,000 times, Oumaima said she was a victim of racism and called for a boycott of the brand as she explained "how difficult it is to live, study, and work with a hijab in France". Etam reacted quickly, issuing a statement on the same day saying the incident "does not reflect its values".

French Public Sector Workers Strike Against Macron Government Attacks

May 11, 2019 Anthony Torres, Wsws.org Resist! Class Struggle, France, Protests, Strikes, Workers

Hundreds of thousands of French workers demonstrated on Thursday as part of a nationwide public sector strike to oppose the Emmanuel Macron government’s draft law on the “modernization” of the public sector. After six months of “yellow vest” protests, all of the unions felt obliged to call for participation in the day of action, fearing they would otherwise lose control of the anti-government protest movement. Macron has pledged to eliminate 120,000 out of 5.5 million civil service jobs by 2022. The positions eliminated will be replaced by lower-paying contract jobs from the private sector for one-off assignments.

French Actors And Writers Back Latest Yellow Vest Protests

May 5, 2019 Staff of DW Resist! France, Yellow Vest

Anti-government yellow vest protesters on Saturday marched in cities across France for the 25th straight week. Following the annual May Day march attended by thousands on Wednesday, the crowds at the yellow vest protests in Paris were lighter than on previous weekends. Some 18,900 protesters took part in marches across the country, the Interior Ministry said. Of these, 1,460 were in Paris. Demonstrations were also held in cities around France, including Nice and Marseille, the Alpine town of Chambery and in Lyon, where ecologists and yellow vest protesters joined forces.

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