The Yellow Vests of France: Six Months of Struggle
Photo by kriss-toff 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,…
Richard Greeman
Where Are the Riots of Yesteryear? Remembering May 1968
May Made Me: An Oral History of the 1968 Uprising in France Mitchell Abidor AK Press, 2018 This month marks the 50th anniversary of the wave of radical revolts and…
Sunday’s French Election
Photo by Lorie Shaull The good news this May was that French voters rejected far-right Marine Le Pen by a two-to-one margin in the second round of the Presidential election.…
The French Stand Up
Photo by Frog and Onion “We’ve had enough” is the phrase on everyone’s lips as – against all expectations – the wave of strikes, blockades, disruptions and mass demonstrations begun…