Yellow Vests Return to Streets of Paris Enraged by Billions Donated to Rebuild Notre Dame — Waking Times – April 20, 2019

The contrast between the French government’s and upper class’s response to Monday’s fire at Notre Dame and ongoing inaction to combat income inequality, was a primary driver of mass protests in Paris on Saturday.

The Gilets Jaunes, or Yellow Vests, staged their first major protest since large portions of the historic cathedral burned, apparently due to an electrical short-circuit, to call attention to the €1 billion ($1.1 billion) that the country’s richest families have donated to help rebuild the church, months after the yellow vest movement began demonstrating against income inequality.

“You’re there, looking at all these millions accumulating, after spending five months in the streets fighting social and fiscal injustice. It’s breaking my heart,” Ingrid Levavasseur, a founder of the movement, told the Associated Press

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Properly Done: Yellow Vests Flood Streets Of France For 20th Weekend (5 Months) In A Row — Humans Are Free – March 30, 2019

Thousands of protesters are rallying across France as Yellow Vest demonstrations show no sign of abating on their 20th week despite authorities banning many locations. A heavy police presence can be seen throughout the country.

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(Reader Post) Massive Repression in France against Peaceful Citizens – March 19, 2019

Reader Post | Anonymous

For all American honest lawyers and American people who really don’t know what’s happening right Now in France, a French lawyer created this English video for you!

Massive repression in France against peaceful citizens.

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Total Chaos Breaks Out in France as Yellow Vests Clash With Police — Era of Light – March 17, 2019

Update: Saturday’s Yellow Vest protests have escalated in intensity as clashes with the police grew increasingly violent.

After weeks of more moderate protests, France’s Yellow Vests are back in full swing following the end of President Macron’s unsuccessful ‘great debate’ – during which thousands of town halls were conducted over a two-month period in the hopes of solving national issues through citizen debates.

Read more: Total Chaos Breaks Out in France as Yellow Vests Clash With Police — Era of Light

EU SCARED: Attempts to Move ACTA 2 Vote Before Protest Date — See Protest Map To Save Your Internet — March 4, 2019

By Aaron Kesel

Protests all over Europe have been planned by Anonymous, as well as activists and politicians behind Pirate Parties International (PPI) for March 23rd, to fight against copyright companies and EU bureaucrats seeking to destroy the Internet with their proposed upload filter and link tax, (Article 11 and Article 13.) Meanwhile, the Bureaucrats are trying to push the vote before there is wide-scale outrage for their proposals for the Internet.

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Yellow Vests Call for General Strike on February 5th — Era of Light – January 29, 2019

François Boulo is the a 32-year-old lawyer and spokesman for the Gilets Jaunes Yellow Vests movement in the northern city of Rouen, who is now calling on the French people to form a general strike on February 5th, as “The only way to force a deaf president to call us to the polls.”

As a lawyer, Boulo says, “I defend people threatened with the seizure of their homes by the banks,” and he complains that the “tax devices” of the Macron government work “for the benefit of the richest 1%,” at the expense of public services….Read more

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What’s Really Going Down in Paris? — December 29, 2018

By Truthstream Media Aaron and Melissa Dykes report from Paris, France where ongoing protests and riots have brought the city to a halt. They explore the on-the ground realities as well as some of the familiar background patterns emerging as legitimate protest combines with those who seek to take advantage of the civil unrest. But are thereother hidden elements that bring into question the timing of this strife? Video: “What’s Really Going Down in Paris?” (31:50) 

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