Author Archives: Donoto Bonargo

I want to close up on my opinion of President Macron. I do not hate the man. Now, I do dislike his politics and character though. I would separate the character from hating him as a person still though because it is based more on the position he sits in and less about some heinousContinue reading “Post: Closing”

An important aspect of the protests that I should also note is their relation to the mayoral elections in France. On March 15 and 22 France held local elections for over ten thousand of its towns and villages. While, in the United States, we do not compare local elections to the likelihood of a partyContinue reading “Post: 4/30/2020 Follow-up”

Much like the rest of Europe at the time and now the whole of the world, France responded to the growing threat of the pandemic by closing schools and urging citizens to stay indoors unless they had essential errands to complete.Here, in the United States, this was a large inconvenience at best and a reasonContinue reading “Post: 4/29/2020”

The Black Bloc has had a presence in French politics for some time before the populist rise of recent time. I believe it is important to mention, because it remains one of the most challenging issues for the Gilets Jaunes to overcome in the realm of public relations. Their actions are a stain on theContinue reading “Post: 4/21/2020”

This is going to function a little differently to the past updates on Yellow Vest protests. I want to focus a bit more on the background and underlying sentiment of the demonstrators: populism. Populism focuses on the betterment of “ the people” as its root would suggest, but it’s a particular sect of society: theContinue reading “Post: 4/16/2020”

The spread of yellow vest protests is surly something to keep an eye on. Stories of protests across Europe turning into yellow vest rallies has been a constant phenomenon over the last two years. The reception of this though, has varied drastically. In Russia for example, the policing of sudden yellow vest demonstrations was describedContinue reading “Post: 3/22/2020”

So, its been a little while since the last post. This, however, has been intentional as I have been waiting for things in the recent acts 67 and 68 to develop. Things have been tame as of late, relatively. Violence is still a constant during weekend demonstrations but nothing more volatile than what I haveContinue reading “Post: 3/2/2020”

It seems that the video that previously surfaced depicting officers violently arresting a French protester has had considerable effect on the moral of anti-police and anti-police brutality movements across France. It has reinvigorated those who claim the national police are too harsh on protesters and only served as negative media for the French government. InContinue reading “Post: 2/19/2020”

The video of the confrontation: https://fr.sputniknews.com/france/202002111043042174-la-police-justifie-une-interpellation-musclee-dun-gilet-jaune-devenue-virale-sur-internet—video/ It seems like France has not gotten any better… A video surfaced this weekend of a physical altercation between the French police and activists. With nearly three million views, this video has become a focal point for the anti-police sentiment in France. Over the course of the Gilet JauneContinue reading “Post: 2/11/2020”

The movement itself began in October of 2018. The President of France announced a tax increase on gasoline and, putting it lightly, France broke down. Suddenly, in one weekend, hundreds of thousands of protestors across the entirety of the country took to the streets wearing the iconic yellow vests. These garments are mandated to beContinue reading “Post: 02/03/2020”