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Protesters have been setting the city of lights alight for years. They gave me cause to comment on their protests a year ago today in “The Yellow Vests: Paris Is Burning … Again,” December 6, 2018. Indeed, I am only commenting today because I cannot ignore this flaming symmetry: More than half a million demonstrators… Read more.
Thousands of [Yellow Vest] protesters took to the streets of French cities on Saturday in the fifth weekend of nationwide demonstrations against Emmanuel Macron’s government. … The government, as well as several unions and opposition politicians called on protesters to stay off the streets on Saturday, after four people were killed in a gun attack… Read more.
For years now, protesters have been setting The City of Lights ablaze nearly as often as campers have been setting The Golden State ablaze. Except that the grievances that invariably ignite the former are far more relatable than the carelessness that invariably cause the latter. I first commented on those grievances in “World Beware: French… Read more.
