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View of the Champs Elysees from the Arc de Triomphe in Paris

How the long history of leaderless movements helps us understand the ‘yellow vests’ protests

Source: The Washington Post

This article compares current protests in France to the Swing riots in 19th-centurty England. Both lack a leader and spread by word-of-mouth.

This entry was posted in Voices of Protest and tagged Culture & Society, Current Events, History on January 1, 2019 by Anita Hacker.

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