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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.

Reports on the Mass Uprising Over France's Gas Tax Hike

Youth for Africa, MST Leader on Brazil Elections, Prashad on China, French Communists Debate, Movements Meet in Colombia, Indonesia Cops Bust Anti-World Bank Meeting

Brazil Election: Landless Workers, Chomsky Meets Lula, French Left Leader, El Salvador Left vs Right, Transforming the UK, South Asia Women's Movements, Weekly Protest in Austria

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.

Three Women, French Reds, Students and Workers in China, Swaziland Democracy, Guatemalans Fight Privatized Energy, Philippines Youth Rage Against Marcos Family