{"id":388492,"date":"2018-12-09T21:40:07","date_gmt":"2018-12-09T20:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/frances-yellow-vest-protesters-brave-repression-and-mass-arrests\/"},"modified":"2018-12-09T21:40:07","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T20:40:07","slug":"frances-yellow-vest-protesters-brave-repression-and-mass-arrests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/frances-yellow-vest-protesters-brave-repression-and-mass-arrests\/","title":{"rendered":"France\u2019s \u201cyellow vest\u201d protesters brave repression and mass arrests"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<h3 class=\"nomargin\">\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h2>France\u2019s \u201cyellow vest\u201d protesters brave repression and mass arrests<\/h2>\n<h5>\n<p>    By<br \/>\n    Alex Lantier and Kumaran Ira<br \/>\n    <br \/>9 December 2018<\/p>\n<\/h5>\n<p>For the fourth consecutive Saturday, \u201cyellow vest\u201d (<em>gilet jaunes<\/em>) protestors demonstrated yesterday across France against the rightwing government of Emmanuel Macron. They did so in defiance of ominous threats of state violence and a massive mobilization of security forces.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, the French President\u2019s attempts to end the protests, first by postponing the gas tax hikes that set the movement into motion and then by canceling them outright, failed. The demands being raised\u2014for social equality and against militarism and dictatorship\u2014show that this is a movement directed towards the defense of workers\u2019 interests, not just in France, but also internationally.<\/p>\n<div class=\"imageFull\" style=\"width:480px; oveflow:hidden;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wsws.org\/asset\/d786dd58-d572-482b-a421-7dc87a58ca9C\/image.jpg?rendition=image480\" srcset=\"\/asset\/d786dd58-d572-482b-a421-7dc87a58ca9C\/image.jpg?rendition=image960 2x\" width=\"480\" style=\"width:480px;\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Yesterday\u2019s protests paralyzed France and large sections of Belgium. The Minister of the Interior reported that 125,000 \u201cyellow vests\u201d protested in France. In the major cities where demonstrations were organized most shops were closed. On Saturday evening, the Vinci highway network reported \u201csignificant disruptions\u201d and slowdowns on over 20 highways, many of them as the result of \u201cyellow vest\u201d protests and barricades.<\/p>\n<p>Demonstrations took place in many cities, including Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux, Toulouse, St. Etienne, Perpignan, Marseille, Avignon, Nantes, Brest, Quimper, Lille and Rennes.<\/p>\n<p>Some 400 people were arrested in Brussels during a \u201cyellow vests\u201d rally of 1,000 protesters. This is the second \u201cyellow vest\u201d demonstration in the Belgian capital, directed against rising fuel prices and the increased cost of living. The protestors are demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Charles Michel.<\/p>\n<div class=\"imageFull\" style=\"width:480px; oveflow:hidden;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wsws.org\/asset\/1bb6a55b-e395-4d46-817a-be70d2b0468K\/image.jpg?rendition=image480\" srcset=\"\/asset\/1bb6a55b-e395-4d46-817a-be70d2b0468K\/image.jpg?rendition=image960 2x\" width=\"480\" style=\"width:480px;\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Unrest has also spread to the Belgian provinces. \u201cWe must take from&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsws.org\/en\/articles\/2018\/12\/09\/yell-d09.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 France\u2019s \u201cyellow vest\u201d protesters brave repression and mass arrests By Alex Lantier and Kumaran Ira 9 December 2018 For the fourth consecutive Saturday, \u201cyellow vest\u201d (gilet jaunes) protestors demonstrated yesterday across France against the rightwing government of Emmanuel Macron. They did so in defiance of ominous threats of state violence and a massive mobilization [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2526,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-388492","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2526"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388492\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}