Yellow Vests and union members join a national strike day

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...

At a large Act IX gathering in Bourges, participants used grievance notebooks to record demands ranging from higher wages and a better distribution of work to lower fuel costs and stronger local...

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...

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...

The 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...

After assaults on hospital staff and worsening working conditions, the emergency service at Saint-Antoine Hospital in Paris began an open-ended strike. Other emergency departments joined, and...