"Gilets Jaunes" face police officers on the Champs-Elysees during New Year's celebrations on January 1, 2019. Apaydin Alain/Press Association. All rights reserved.
For over a month now the Gilet Jaune movement has maintained its momentum, in the wake of attempts at repression by the security state, wintry weather which paralyses so many movements involving public occupations, and Macron’s pacification blandishments.
The fuel taxes have been cancelled and the minimum wage raised. But protests still happen every weekend, roundabouts are still occupied, snail blockages still occur and dashboards across the country still sport the Gilet Jaune.
