Yellow Vests and Red Unions Strike Together

Yellow Vests and Red Unions Strike Together

Yellow Vests and Red Unions Strike Together On February 5, as the Macron government pushed harsh repressive laws against demonstrators through the National Assembly, the Yellow Vests joined with France’s unions for the first time in a day-long, nation-wide “General Strike.”   At the very moment when in Paris the lower house was voting to…

The Yellow Vest Movement

The Yellow Vest Movement

The Yellow Vest Movement Nothing shows the crisis of neoliberal capitalism more clearly than the popular uprising in France that is occurring under the banner of the “Yellow Vest” movement. Thousands are congregating in Paris over week-ends to protest against the intolerable burdens being imposed upon them in the name of “austerity” and to demand…

The Yellow Vest Movement Strengthens in France

The Yellow Vest Movement Strengthens in France

The Yellow Vest Movement Strengthens in France It is hard to count demonstrators spread out across thousands of mobilisations, but it seems that over half a million people were involved in “Act Four” of the Yellow Vest mobilisation in France on Saturday 8 December. In Bordeaux, a huge joint demonstration between university students and Yellow…