Jimmy Dore,
le comédien radical, does an extra long 35 mins video to look into what's going on in France the last few weeks.
He reviews an RT news video and then picks through an article by Diana Johnstone from Consortium News (below). Helps to explain the protesters are rioting about much more than a simple tax increase of gasoline/petrol by President Macron and his Government. Very little of the usual JD humour.
Dore empathises the deeper issues that never make it into the MSM press and news reports in other nations. What's the main target?
Neoliberalism writ large. Marcon is now being called
"President of the Rich!" Macron's polling has collapsed since his stunning election win from 67% to 20%. While
'les gilets jaunes' protestors have ~70% approval from French citizens despite the violence, disruptions and the arrests!
(according to reports)Also see:
Yellow Vests Rise Against Neo-Liberal ‘King’ Macron
Briefly, the message was this: we can’t make ends meet. The cost of living keeps going up, and our incomes keep going down. We just can’t take it any more. The government must stop, think and change course.https://consortiumnews.com/2018/12/05/yellow-vests-rise-against-neo-liberal-king-macron/ Marine Le Pen, president of the National Rally (previously National Front), accused the president’s “model” of governance based on
“wild globalization, financialization of the economy, unfair competition,” of failing to address the social and cultural consequences of the Yellow Vest movement.
https://www.rt.com/news/446122-macron-concessions-yellow-vests-reactions/ Why are the 'yellow vests' protesting in France? The wave of protests sweeping through France is not a rejection of green policies.
It's a revolt against the 1 percent.
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/yellow-vests-protesting-france-181206083636240.htmlLa République En Marche! (frequently abbreviated REM, LRM or LREM, officially LaREM; possible translation: "The Republic on the move!"), sometimes called En Marche !
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_R%C3%A9publique_En_Marche!
The yellow vests movement (French:
Mouvement des gilets jaunes)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_vests_movementFrance24 REPLAY: Macron addresses the nation on Yellow Vest protests (14 mins)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnGbtHuhtsI]
France24 English - What do France's 'Yellow Vest' protesters want? (11 mins)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUjr4cvdmbM]
Total Media Blackout! Paris Is Far Worse Than They Will Tell You! - WeAreChange.org (11 mins)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0GHWSi_cXY]
France's "Yellow Vest" revolution exposes globalist puppet Macron - The Duran (20 mins)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCRaG0Q2QhE]