The French Army Mutinies of 1917
Submitted by Reddebrek on Feb 10 2019 19:42
In the Spring of 1917, many French army units mutinied after enduring years of slaughter and appalling conditions during World War One. Much of the French army on the Western Front was affected. Hear first-hand accounts of the mutiny from the BBC archive.
“Gilets jaunes”… “Communards”… “Sans-culottes”… “Va-nu-pieds”… “Wretched of the earth”…
Submitted by Richard 1917 on Jan 26 2019 18:00
Behind flowery labels stand our struggles against misery!
Call of “Yellow Vests” from Paris east side
Submitted by Richard 1917 on Jan 26 2019 17:57
Our vests are no longer road safety suits; they have become a rallying sign to the movement that globally challenges the established order. The reason why they twinkle is not to alert the authorities on any emergency or social distress. We didn’t put them to demand something from the Power. The yellow of our vests is not the yellow that the workers’ movement usually attributes to treachery. The colour of this garment is that of the lava of anger that the volcano of social revolution, dormant for too long, is beginning to spew out again. It is yellow only because it embraces red.
“Jaune” [Yellow] – The newspaper to win
Submitted by Richard 1917 on Jan 23 2019 16:42
!!! HERE I upload the very last improved version of the translation !!!
“Jaune” is a state of mind. That of determination. After two months of struggle, we felt the need to clearly present the positions of victory within a movement that does not lack “VRP” [traveling salesmen] of all kinds to sell us the turnkey solutions of defeat.
Some Further Thoughts on the Yellow Vests Movement
Submitted by Internationalis... on Jan 21 2019 11:49
At the time of writing – early January 2019 – it is difficult to say whether the movement of the gilets jaunes has entered a phase of reflux before it dies down or if it is going through a pause after more than a month of intense activity and severe clashes with the state.
Yellow Vests respond to the call from Commercy
Submitted by Johanna Schellhagen on Jan 18 2019 13:34
The assembly of yellow vests from Montreuil has answered the call from Commercy. They have accepted the invitation to attend the assembly of assemblies.
Boredom Weeps: Graffiti, curses, inscriptions of May 1968
Submitted by wojtek on Jan 16 2019 10:34
A book of graffiti and sloganeering from the events in France, May '68.
Gilets jaunes : don't you find a little disturbing to hail French pigs ?
Submitted by No borders no f... on Jan 12 2019 22:12
“Yellow vests” – The struggle continues
Submitted by Richard 1917 on Jan 10 2019 11:05
“May the Force be with Us”
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