The French have a word for pressing on to the bitter end without considering the consequences: jusqu’au-boutisme (to the end-ism) . It’s a refusal to recognise when you have lost; a refusal also to recognise when you’ve won. The gilets jaunes (yellow…

“yellow vest” protester on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris takes a photograph using his mobile phone (December 8, 2018). In less than a month, France’s gilets jaunes (yellow vests) have gone from being a celebrated example of Facebook’s ability to power…

Share this article Aa Aa While Portugal deals with coming out of a tough austerity, it’s still in a vulnerable position. It comes at the time of the European Socialist Party Congress in Lisbon. One Frenchman in the city says he’s seen…

The gilets jaunes movement , by its own description, is motivated by broad discontent over shrinking incomes and rising living costs in France. However, the demonstrators in yellow jackets have rallied around one particular government policy: a looming hike in fuel taxes….

Yellow Vest protesters find love online Aa Aa You can find love in the most unexpected places, but for some, they’re hoping it may be at a protest. Members of France’s ‘gilets jaunes’ (yellow vests) protest movement believe they may be able…

Theresa May is having a tough old time of it. Still, in the last few weeks she might have occasionally glanced across the Channel and felt for Emmanuel Macron . The angry “cheveux blancs” on her backbenches is nothing compared to the…

Although the banners and chants of the gilets jaunes voiced a variety of grievances, most expressed anger at a President perceived to be oblivious, or even antagonistic, to the underprivileged. On Saturday morning in Paris, the Arc de Triomphe was surrounded by…

Aa Aa French President Emmanuel Macron addressed the nation on Monday amid widespread unrest as the gilets jaunes protesters took to the streets yet again over the weekend. Euronews’ Emmanuelle Saliba spoke to 32-year-old Leila, who until recently, was an administrator of…

A "gilets jaunes" protester near Paris’s Arc de Triomphe on Dec. 1.Kiran Ridley/Getty Images Antigovernment protests have raged across France for four weeks now, effectively shutting down the nation’s capital at times as rioters sporting yellow vests ( gilets jaunes ) wage…

The Verso blog has translated a piece by Antonio Negri analyzing the novelty and transformative potential of the gilets jaunes (“yellow vest”) uprising in France. As Negri writes, the movement has so far rejected any political mediation by established parties from both…