Historical Organization
Local Yellow Vest groups
Local Yellow Vest groups
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Organization Timeline
Act II brings the Yellow Vests to central Paris
📅 24 November 2018The movement’s second national Saturday of action included a Paris gathering on the Champs-Élysées. Roadblocks, roundabouts and demonstrations remained decentralized, while Paris became a highly...
Commercy Yellow Vests issue a call for local assemblies
đź“… 2 December 2018Yellow Vest participants in Commercy published a call rejecting self-appointed leaders and asking local groups to coordinate through assemblies. A wooden cabin on the town square became a meeting...
Act IV renews protests after the government suspends the fuel-tax rise
đź“… 8 December 2018Yellow Vest demonstrations continued after the government suspended the planned fuel-tax increase. The agenda had widened to purchasing power, public services, political representation and the...
Act VIII puts police violence and the right to protest in focus
📅 5 January 2019During the Act VIII demonstrations, video evidence published by Mediapart challenged the account of an officer’s conduct toward protesters in Toulon. Coverage of the incident raised questions about...
Yellow Vests and union members join a national strike day
📅 5 February 2019The CGT’s national mobilization brought Yellow Vest demonstrators into the same streets as union members, students, teachers and postal workers. The day tested whether a Saturday-based,...
Yellow Vests and climate activists converge in the March of the Century
đź“… 16 March 2019The March of the Century brought climate organizations and Yellow Vest participants into a shared mobilization for social and environmental justice. In Paris, organizers connected the climate crisis...
Yellow Vests join the climate mobilization in Paris
đź“… 21 September 2019On the International Day of Peace, Yellow Vest groups and climate activists attempted a joint gathering before the climate march. Police prevented the morning meeting, but participants later joined...
Yellow Vests mark one year of protest with a renewed weekend of action
📅 16 November 2019For the movement’s first anniversary, Yellow Vest groups organized actions across France, including renewed occupations and local gatherings. A Mediapart journalist’s report for the independent outlet...
Yellow Vests support refinery strikers at Grandpuits
đź“… 4 January 2020Yellow Vest activists visited workers striking at the Grandpuits refinery during the national pension strike. Reporterre documented a local act of solidarity that linked fuel-price grievances and...