This is more than what was put in place during the revolutionary events of May when student rebellions sparked a general strike of 10 million workers. The repressive strategy, which was visibly ineffective during the confrontations on previous Saturdays, had been modified. The goal was to discourage Yellow Vests from demonstrating both in the capital, Paris, and anywhere else in France.
On Thursday evening, Dec. In Mantes-la-Jolie, a working-class town in the Paris suburbs known for its impoverished slums, more than young people were filmed near their school, where zealous CRS cops forced them to kneel, hands on their heads, in tears.
The cops were clearly proud of their haul. Dozens of the youth β almost all traumatized minors β had to spend the night of Dec. This means that thanks to President Emmanuel Macron, parents no longer need to slap their rebellious offspring β the police do it harder!
We now know that their present is to be clubbed! On Dec. What did our union leaders, including those of the CGT, do? They condemned the violent forms of demands made by the Yellow Vests β without a single word about police violence.
And for those who called for a strike by truck drivers starting on Dec. The reason? Immediately, subsections of the CGT federation of unionists, first and foremost in the chemical industry, grew angry and called on their members to mobilize. At the same time they still distanced themselves from the Yellow Vests. All that can be expected is the continued destruction of social gains and the lies of a discredited government. By 11 p. Many people were arrested in train stations or other public places during the approximately 5, police checks carried out even before the mobilization began.
