France - August 10th 2019

Once again, the yellow vests took to the streets
For decent life, against the government and its murderous police

The episode #39 of the yellow vests movement has shown that French workers and exploited people are far from giving up.
Despite the fact that this movement is isolated from the workers' organizations and unions, which have participated in some demonstrations, every Saturday the movement fights in the streets.

In the last two weeks of demonstrations, in addition to the slogans and demands against the government, for the resignation of Macron and Castaner (Minister of Internal Affairs), there’s also the struggle against police violence. This is because there are already dozens of people seriously injured by the hand of the murderous police... not only in the demonstrations, but in the neighborhoods, as the case of Steve Caniço.

At the same time the government is preparing to receive the G8 in France, it advances in repression. They know that the arrival of the representatives of the imperialist powers and their partners and lackeys of the "biggest world economies", may be the spark that once again ignites a massive movement throughout the country and also in Europe.
The very Yellow Vests movement expresses the need to fight across borders, against the imperialist pirates and their partners in the colonial and semicolonial world. During Episode #39, posters in support of the struggle of Hong Kong, Puerto Rico and the immigrant working class could be seen.

The demonstration was, as usual, attacked by the murderous police, the CRS, which first surrounded the protest, stopping it from advancing for an hour. Later, the Yellow Vests could continue marching.
Afterwards, the police used their batons to hit the protesters who tried to buy water bottles to distribute among the demonstration. Many of them were retired workers fighting for a decent pension.

Now, the calls to demonstrate on Saturday continue, and a great demonstration is being prepared in Paris on August 24th against the G8, when the greatest exploiters, thieves and butchers of the oppressed peoples and the working class will be gathered in the coastal city Biarritz.

This is the way forward! We must show these imperialist pirates and their murderous partners that the masses do not give up!

From all worker and student organizations, unions and fighting movements, a great coordination must be set up to fight together, across the borders, against the imperialist pirates and their governments!

For self-defense committees to defend ourselves against the murderous repression of the police!

August 24th: G8 OUT! ... ALL TO THE STREETS!

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