Tag: citizens

  • The leader? WE

    The leader? WE

    The leader? WE https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/515254836720041992/530138668044779530/49343131_39497817171262687_601453815151094124544_n.png The government is trying to impose leaders on yellow vests that do not want them: Fly RiderJacline MouraudPriscillia LudoskyEtienne Chouard It is quite clear that the government is trying to make Eric Drouet a martyr. After his first arrest, several petitions to free him were circulated: like this one: https://www.change.org/p/nous-les-gilets-jaunes-libérer-eric-drouet They…

  • The Red and the Yellow

    The Red and the Yellow

    Red scarves against yellow vests in France or White Supremacists against Liberals in the United States. These are two current examples of a pattern that is repeated throughout history. When the authoritarian power feels so threatened that it thinks its police will no longer be enough, it mobilizes part of its population in a reactionary…

  • Go, Go, Go!

    Go, Go, Go!

    Go, Go, Go! Thank you for opening the town halls for complaints, more than a step before opening them for the referendums. Operation “open town halls” on Saturday, December the 8th: “In this troubled period, mayors can connect citizens and the State”: https://www.francetvinfo.fr/economie/transports/gilets-jaunes/operation-mairies-ouvertes-samedi-dans-cette-periode-trouble-les-maires-peuvent-relier-les-citoyens-et-letat_3087821.html Kneeling protester: A new symbol of the YellowVests? | RT: https://www.rt.com/news/445965-protesters-kneel-police-students Les GiletsJaunes…

  • Only 4,600 exhausted police officers to supervise the demonstrators

    Only 4,600 exhausted police officers to supervise the demonstrators

    Only 4,600 exhausted police officers to supervise the demonstrators On December the 1st 2018, violence broke out in Paris. The government has decided not to properly manage the demonstration. Only 4,600 “end-of-pipe” police officers, as Yves Lefebvre of the Unité-SGP Police FO union says, were mobilized. About thirty French police officers committed suicide this year. It…

  • “A multitude is a better judge of many things than any individual”

    “A multitude is a better judge of many things than any individual”

    –  Politics by Aristotle Sommes-nous plus intelligents à plusieurs ?: https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/les-rencontres-de-petrarque/sommes-nous-plus-intelligents-a-plusieurs-1352240