Gilets jaunes: an extra-parliamentary political mobilization
The gilets jaunes are completely of this age, that of the Arab spring, the occupied squares and the ZAD." Alain Bertho, author of The Age of Violence, on the Gilets Jaunes.
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Posts tagged: gilets-jaunes
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‘They’d like anger that was polite and well-mannered’
Philosopher Frédéric Gros on the Gilets Jaunes protests.
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"A bonsai de Gaulle" - Sebastian Budgen on Emmanuel Macron and the Yellow Vests movement
Sebastian Budgen discusses the Yellow Vests protests in France, the social composition of the movement, its relationship to established political forces, and the absent strategy of the Macron project, with Alex Doherty on the Politics Theory Other podcast
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The Roundabout Riots
Much has been written about the gilets jaunes and their relation to both politics, of the left and the right, and historical waves of labour unrest. In this article, Joshua Clover argues that the gilets jaunes are in fact a texbook example of a contemporary riot, and may be best seen as an early example of an approaching wave of climate riots.
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The Structure of Current Mobilizations Corresponds to that of the Sans-Culottes
Historian Sophie Wahnich compares the current period with the French Revolution, from the Marseillaise to the image of Macron as Louis XVI: possible parallels, excessive comparisons and potentialities at work.
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“Paris is not an actor, but a battlefield”: Interview with Eric Hazan
Eric Hazan interviewed about the Gilets Jaunes protests.
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French Insurrection
Antonio Negri on the Gilets Jaunes and the new wave of protests in France.
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End of the World?
The social warfare unleashed by Macron in the past 18 months has sparked anger in the French population. In this article, Frédéric Lordon analyses the gilets jaunes protests.
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Towards an Anti-Bourgeois Bloc?
Emmanuel Macron's regime is in tatters, with plummeting approval ratings and the growing wave of "gilets jaunes" protests. But could this growing discontent be the start of an anti-bourgeois bloc to challenge the neoliberal consensus?
