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The scale of the movement and the speed with which it was formed are striking, outside trade-union organizations and political parties. Who are the gilets jaunes? What do they want? Are we witnessing a renewal of the forms of protest and politics?
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France's elites were quick to condemn the gilets jaunes protesters as stupid and backward. But as novelist Édouard Louis writes, they're just standing up for their rights.
It’s not just about the fuel tax; it’s about anger at ever-increasing burdens on the working class.
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Hundreds of thousands of French citizens have donned yellow vests - “gilets jaunes” - and taken to the streets in protest against rising fuel prices. Who are these protestors and what do they want?
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Jean-Jacques Dessalines commitment to Black equality was far more radical than America’s founding fathers, who freed the U.S. from England but let Black Americans stay in chains for another nine decades.
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