Yellow 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 place for discussion and collective decision-making. The experiment challenged the assumption that decentralized protest had no organizational life, while leaving open how local autonomy could coexist with national coordination.
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What was distinctive about the Commercy call issued on 2 December 2018?
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The call emphasized local autonomy, assembly-based coordination and no self-appointed leaders.