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Macron Tactics Against Yellow Vests Have Nothing to Do with Public Safety, Everything to Do with Global Politics

“We will not kneel, we will not fear reprisals, we will keep protesting until the end,” said one Gilet Jaune protester to me on Saturday as the police tore into the crowd, scything people to the ground and trampling them underfoot.

2月 07th, 2019

作者 Vanessa Beeley @VanessaBeeley

Macron Tactics Against Yellow Vests Have Nothing to Do with Public Safety, Everything to Do with Global Politics

PARIS (Analysis) -- “For more than two months the people who come out into the streets are met with governmental repression. Since the 17th November 2018 we have been on the streets but we have not been listened to.” The statement from the Yellow Vests -- or Gilets Jaunes (GJs) as they are better known in France -- was

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Vanessa Beeley

Vanessa Beeley is an independent journalist and photographer who has worked extensively in the Middle East - on the ground in Syria, Egypt, Iraq and Palestine, while also covering the conflict in Yemen since 2015. In 2017 Vanessa was a finalist for the prestigious Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism which was won by the much-acclaimed Robert Parry that year. In 2018 Vanessa was named one of the 238 most respected journalists in the UK by the British National Council for the Training of Journalists. In 2019, Vanessa was among recipients of the Serena Shim Award for uncompromised integrity in journalism. Vanessa contributes regularly to Mint Press News, Russia Today, UK Column, The Last American Vagabond, Sputnik radio, 21st Century Wire and many other independent media outlets. Please support her work at her https://www.patreon.com/vanessabeeley Patreon Page.

如果法国的黄背心抗议者获胜，将会发生什么？

如果抗议者的要求得到满足，就会有其他人被迫支付这笔费用。最有可能数千万或数亿人将被“征税”。他们不会生活在法国，欧盟，甚至是附近的任何地方。

12月 20th, 2018

作者 Andre Vltchek @AndreVltchek

What if protesters in Paris win, and the French government gives in to all their demands? What if taxes are reduced, wages increased, President Macron steps down? I am not talking only about the fuel tax; attempts to impose it have been already abandoned. I am not talking about an increase of the minimum wage – the government already agreed to

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Andre Vltchek

Andre Vltchek is a philosopher, novelist, filmmaker and investigative journalist. He has covered wars and conflicts in dozens of countries. Five of his latest books are “China Belt and Road Initiative: Connecting Countries, Saving Millions of Lives”, “China and Ecological Cavillation” with John B. Cobb, Jr., Revolutionary Optimism, Western Nihilism, a revolutionary novel “Aurora” and a bestselling work of political non-fiction: “Exposing Lies Of The Empire”. View his other books here. Watch Rwanda Gambit, his groundbreaking documentary about Rwanda and DRCongo and his film/dialogue with Noam Chomsky “On Western Terrorism”. Vltchek presently resides in East Asia and the Middle East and continues to work around the world. He can be reached through his website and his Twitter. His Patreon

推特账户嘲笑马克龙在叙利亚推动战争现在面临革命在他的门前

一个法国模仿帐户，Benoite，很快就获得了蒸汽，在短短几天内获得了数千名粉丝。事实上，人们注意到支持所谓的叙利亚革命的马克龙总统现在在他家门口面临着真正的革命具有讽刺意味。

12月 18th, 2018

作者 Randi Nord @randinord

PARIS -- After three weeks of protests in France, a Twitter account sprang up that seemed eerily familiar: Benoite Abedoux of Paris was asking for airstrikes against her own country to save her life from the “brutal French regime.” Protesters calling themselves Yellow Vests, or Gilets Jaunes in French, flooded the streets of Paris on

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Randi Nord

Randi Nord is a MintPress News staff writer. She is also co-founder of Geopolitics Alert where she covers U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East with a special focus on Yemen.

黄色背心对新自由主义'国王'马克龙崛起

几个世纪以来，“左派”希望流行的运动会带来更好的变化。今天，许多左派人士似乎对民众的变革运动感到害怕，他们深信“民粹主义”必然会导致“法西斯主义”。但戴安娜约翰斯通说，不一定如此。

12月 06th, 2018

作者 Diana Johnstone

Every automobile in France is supposed to be equipped with a yellow vest. This is so that in case of accident or breakdown on a highway, the driver can put it on to ensure visibility and avoid getting run over.

So the idea of wearing your yellow vest to demonstrate against unpopular government measures caught on quickly. The

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Diana Johnstone

Diana Johnstone is a political writer, focusing primarily on European politics and Western foreign policy. She received a Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota and was active in the movement against the Vietnam War. Johnstone was European editor of the U.S. weekly In These Times from 1979 to 1990, and continues to be a correspondent for the publication. She was press officer of the Green group in the European Parliament from 1990 to 1996. Her books include Queen of Chaos: The Misadventures of Hillary Clinton, CounterPunch Books (2016) and Fools’ Crusade: Yugoslavia, NATO and Western Delusions, Pluto Press (2002).

法国的黄色背心：证明警察确实是1％的一部分

8,000多人被捕，500人受重伤，2000多人被监禁（截至2月14日），1,500多人正在等待审判（2月14日），12人死亡，20多人失明，6手失去，10,000多个橡皮子弹被射击。警察永远不会改变方向 – 他们有太多不能丢失。