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.

Vanessa Beeley
作者 Vanessa Beeley
Yellow Vest Police Collage

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 published just before

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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。

Andre Vltchek
作者 Andre Vltchek
France | Yellow Vest | Protesters

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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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。

Diana Johnstone
作者 Diana Johnstone
yellow vests

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 costume was at hand

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