Following mobilizations against the cost of living, the prefect of Réunion imposed restrictions on movement and a night curfew. Political theorist Françoise Vergès reads this exceptional measure against the island’s colonial history and the unequal treatment of protest in overseas France. This is a useful counterpoint to accounts that treat the Yellow Vests as a movement confined to metropolitan France.
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What colonial context did Françoise Vergès bring to the Yellow Vest protests in Réunion?
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Vergès linked the curfew to Réunion’s colonial history and state power.
Vergès interpreted the Réunion curfew without reference to colonial history.
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Her analysis explicitly connected state power and the curfew to colonial history.