Yellow Vests fill grievance books at the Bourges Act IX gathering

Bondy Blog interviewed young residents of Paris-area working-class neighborhoods who supported some Yellow Vest demands but did not join the marches. They described fear of being stigmatized as...

Four environmental organizations launched a legal campaign arguing that the French state had failed to meet its climate obligations. A public petition helped make the case visible beyond courts and...

During 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...

Hundreds of women gathered at Bastille and marched through Paris, with parallel actions in several other cities. Organizers said they wanted to make women’s participation visible and shift coverage...

The petition associated with L’Affaire du Siècle passed two million signatures, a major milestone in a campaign seeking legal accountability for inadequate climate action. Organizers used the petition...

Delegations from roughly 75 local Yellow Vest groups met in Commercy for the first “Assembly of Assemblies.” Participants debated shared principles, political demands and how to coordinate without...

The 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,...

Bondy Blog published an interview with political scientist Julien Talpin on the barriers to civic participation in working-class neighborhoods. The discussion challenged the idea that low visible...

France Nature Environnement Grand Est and local associations ask the Vosges prefect to stop or revise Nestlé’s water withdrawals around Vittel, citing pressure on local aquifers and the priority of...

Students and school pupils joined the first large global youth climate strike, with marches in Paris and many other French cities. The mobilization drew on school strikes inspired by Greta Thunberg...