Violence at Thursday’s nationwide protests against Emmanuel Macron s pension reforms in France evoked memories of the clashes that occurred during the 2018 yellow vest movement, which killed 11 and left thousands injured. Can the ongoing demonstrations become yet another uprising?
The pushing through of a bill to raise the retirement age in France has caused widespread, sometimes violent, protests. The government is worried the movement will spread, as unions warn the protests are just beginning.
Over the past decade or so, Frédéric Lordon has morphed from Spinozist social philosopher and canny heterodox critic of political economy with a formation in Regulation Theory to one of the most prominent intellectual voices of the radical .
November 17 marks the first anniversary of France’s Yellow Vest movement, a potent, unconventional insurgency that has been widely caricatured and misunderstood, and is set to leave a lasting imprint…