Gilets jaunes / Yellow vests general

Is there going to be another French revolution? Please tell me it's finally happening.
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We're beyond Poll Tax Tier, perhaps Latin American 00s protest movement tier. If the CGT's strike goes off well it could reach Mai 68 tier.

This situation looks like it has a lot of potential. If Communists organize in the right way, it could lead beyond May 1968, into an actual revolution.

This. The problem of May 68 was that the communists didn’t seize on a potentially revolutionary situation. The people here advocating against pushing this movement as far as it can go should off themselves.

I just hope it doesn't stop at Paris Commune tier.

this is true but at the same time the last thing you want is a bunch of trot trade unionists jumping in and trying to tell everyone what to do

I think this con

The trades unions in France aren't trot thank goodness.

It’s not about telling them what to do, it’s about helping them accomplish their goals while at the same time making them understand why this shit is happening (ie making them understand why shit like the fuel tax is connected to the contradictions of capitalism). We need to help them achieve what they want while making them class conscious in the process.

Also I don't think this will end-up as a communist revolution: more likely is that it will involve the transition to a blank-slate regime that will open an opportunity to take power by ballot box or barricade. Think of this like February 1917 via means of Euromaidan.

this would be good for us in the long run. France is not nearly as cucked by idpol like America was from OWS.