12. The Gilets Jaunes

Clare Doyle from the CWI and Socialist Student national chair Theo Sharieff join us to discuss the movement sweeping France, what it symbolises and what we can learn from it here. Useful further reading: • ‘France in revolt’ by Clare Doyle: http://socialistworld.net/index.php/international/europe/france/10045-france-in-revolt • ‘France’s president backs down in face of mass demonstrations’: http://socialistworld.net/index.php/international/europe/france/10040-france-s-president-backs-down-in-face-of-mass-demonstrations • ‘Eyewitness – French protesters seize streets against President Macron’: http://socialistworld.net/index.php/international/europe/france/10038-eyewitness-french-protesters-seize-streets-against-president-macron • ‘France 1968 – Month of Revolution’ by Clare Doyle available from leftbooks.co.uk