Yellow Vests and climate activists test convergence in Verdun

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...

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...

Yellow Vest groups joined the traditional May Day demonstration in Paris alongside union contingents and other activists. Politis reported on the complex mix of participants and on the government’s...

Unions across the public sector organized coordinated strikes and demonstrations in Saint-Denis and Saint-Pierre. Témoignages reported more than 1,000 people in Saint-Denis and around 500 in...

Health workers from emergency departments across France marched in Paris to demand more staffing, improved working conditions and recognition of their work. The movement had spread beyond the capital,...

The Paris collective Solidarité Migrants Wilson called a large solidarity maraude at Porte d’Aubervilliers to defend refugees’ right to eat and to protest pressure on the volunteers who provided food....

On the International Day of Peace, Yellow Vest groups and climate activists attempted a joint gathering before the climate march. Police prevented the morning meeting, but participants later joined...