Yellow Vests and climate activists converge in the March of the Century

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...

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...

Attac activist Geneviève Legay, a 73-year-old participant in a Yellow Vest gathering in Nice, was badly injured during a police charge. The incident led to conflicting public accounts, video...

The second Assembly of Assemblies met at the Maison du Peuple in Saint-Nazaire, drawing delegations from across France. Participants adopted a call for direct democracy, local assemblies, solidarity...

Journalist and Taranis News founder Gaspard Glanz was arrested while covering the Yellow Vest demonstration in Paris. Prosecutors later imposed a restriction that barred him from Paris on Saturdays...

Groups of Yellow Vests, climate marchers and young climate activists organized the “Spring of Change” in Verdun. Reporterre described a small turnout and a convergence that had not yet taken broad...