https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/ https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/parties https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/podcast https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/about https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/corrections https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/contact https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/protest https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/highschool-protest/highschoolprotest1%20%281%29.pnghighschoolprotest1 (1).pngPhotograph of a high-school protest sign; the text has not yet been transcribed., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/highschool-protest/highschoolprotest1%20%282%29.pnghighschoolprotest1 (2).pngPhotograph of a high-school protest sign; the text has not yet been transcribed., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/highschool-protest/highschoolprotest1%20%283%29.pnghighschoolprotest1 (3).pngPhotograph of a high-school protest sign; the text has not yet been transcribed., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/highschool-protest/highschoolprotest1%20%284%29.pnghighschoolprotest1 (4).pngPhotograph of a high-school protest sign; the text has not yet been transcribed., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/highschool-protest/highschoolprotest1%20%285%29.pnghighschoolprotest1 (5).pngPhotograph of a high-school protest sign; the text has not yet been transcribed., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/highschool-protest/highschoolprotest1%20%286%29.pnghighschoolprotest1 (6).pngPhotograph of a high-school protest sign; the text has not yet been transcribed., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/highschool-protest/highschoolprotest1%20%287%29.pnghighschoolprotest1 (7).pngPhotograph of a high-school protest sign; the text has not yet been transcribed., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/highschool-protest/highschoolprotest1%20%288%29.pnghighschoolprotest1 (8).pngPhotograph of a high-school protest sign; the text has not yet been transcribed., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/highschool-protest/highschoolprotest1%20%289%29.pnghighschoolprotest1 (9).pngPhotograph of a high-school protest sign; the text has not yet been transcribed., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/highschool-protest/highschoolprotest1%20%2810%29.pnghighschoolprotest1 (10).pngPhotograph of a high-school protest sign; the text has not yet been transcribed., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/highschool-protest/highschoolprotest1%20%2811%29.pnghighschoolprotest1 (11).pngPhotograph of a high-school protest sign; the text has not yet been transcribed., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/highschool-protest/highschoolprotest1%20%2812%29.pnghighschoolprotest1 (12).pngPhotograph of a high-school protest sign; the text has not yet been transcribed., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/highschool-protest/highschoolprotest1%20%2813%29.pnghighschoolprotest1 (13).pngPhotograph of a high-school protest sign; the text has not yet been transcribed., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/highschool-protest/highschoolprotest1%20%2814%29.pnghighschoolprotest1 (14).pngPhotograph of a high-school protest sign; the text has not yet been transcribed., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/highschool-protest/highschoolprotest1%20%2815%29.pnghighschoolprotest1 (15).pngPhotograph of a high-school protest sign; the text has not yet been transcribed., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/protest-signs/qu-ils-mangent-de-la-brioche.webpQU’ILS MANGENT DE LA BRIOCHE !Protest sign reading: QU’ILS MANGENT DE LA BRIOCHE ! English translation: Let them eat brioche! (Usually rendered in English as “Let them eat cake.”), https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/protest-signs/education-ignorance.webpL’ÉDUCATION COÛTE CHER ? ESSAYEZ L’IGNORANCEProtest sign reading: L’ÉDUCATION COÛTE CHER ? ESSAYEZ L’IGNORANCE English translation: Education is expensive? Try ignorance., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/protest-signs/la-jeunesse-maintenant.webpLA JEUNESSE C’ÉTAIT MIEUX MAINTENANTProtest sign reading: LA JEUNESSE C’ÉTAIT MIEUX MAINTENANT English translation: Youth was better now., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/protest-signs/le-monde-ou-rien.webpLE MONDE OU RIENProtest sign reading: LE MONDE OU RIEN English translation: The world or nothing., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/protest-signs/la-macro-nie-la-democratie.webpLA MACRO NIE LA DÉMOCRATIEProtest sign reading: LA MACRO NIE LA DÉMOCRATIE English translation: Macron’s camp denies democracy., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/protest-signs/le-probleme-notre-colere.webpLE PROBLÈME N’EST PAS NOTRE COLÈRE MAIS CEUX QUI LA PROVOQUEProtest sign reading: LE PROBLÈME N’EST PAS NOTRE COLÈRE MAIS CEUX QUI LA PROVOQUE English translation: The problem is not our anger, but those who provoke it., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/protest-signs/tout-bloquer-devient-vital.webpTOUT BLOQUER DEVIENT VITALProtest sign reading: TOUT BLOQUER DEVIENT VITAL English translation: Blocking everything becomes vital., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/protest-signs/plutot-que-reviser-l-histoire.webpPLUTÔT QUE RÉVISER L’HISTOIRE ON VA L’ÉCRIREProtest sign reading: PLUTÔT QUE RÉVISER L’HISTOIRE ON VA L’ÉCRIRE English translation: Rather than revise history, we’re going to write it., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/protest-artwork/artwork-1.pngArtwork 1Artwork 1: Bilan provisoire, a mural of eyes on two yellow walls, with Jean-Marc Rochette standing between them. By Jean-Marc Rochette., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/protest-artwork/artwork-2.pngArtwork 2Artwork 2: A riot officer holding a protractor and calculator asks how to calculate the proportionality of a police response. By Éric Truant · TRUANT., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/protest-artwork/artwork-3.pngArtwork 3 (Original version)Artwork 3: Bienvenue en lacrymocratie: a riot officer stands before a distressed French tricolour. By Will Argunas., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/protest-artwork/artwork-3-colored-pencil-version.pngArtwork 3 (Colored-pencil version)Artwork 3: A coloured-pencil reinterpretation of Bienvenue en lacrymocratie on lined paper. By Will Argunas., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/protest-artwork/artwork-4.pngArtwork 4Artwork 4: A school-crossing road sign altered to show a CRS officer approaching two children with a baton. By Too Late., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/protest-artwork/artwork-5-panel-1.pngArtwork 5 (Panel 1)Artwork 5: A burning rubbish bin beneath the words Soutiens aux familles des poubelles. By Manolita., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/protest-artwork/artwork-5-panel-2.pngArtwork 5 (Panel 2)Artwork 5: A cracked classroom with the claim that the school of the Republic is a sacred temple that must not be touched. By Manolita., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/protest-artwork/artwork-5-panel-3.pngArtwork 5 (Panel 3)Artwork 5: A riot officer lists bones, eyes, jaws, hopes and struggles as exceptions to the prohibition on breaking things. By Manolita., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/protest-artwork/artwork-6.pngArtwork 6Artwork 6: An oval-framed portrait overlaid with the fluorescent slogan Qui sème la hess récolte le zbeul. By Furieuse Company., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/protest-artwork/artwork-7.pngArtwork 7Artwork 7: Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron walk past a burning lycée and the graffiti Nique ton prof. By David Buonomo · Dadou., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/protest-artwork/artwork-8.pngArtwork 8Artwork 8: A distressed French Republic emblem whose motto reads Tabasser, Éborgner, Amputer. By Rachid Sguini · Rakidd., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/protest-artwork/artwork-9.pngArtwork 9Artwork 9: A class portrait of injured pupils below the motto Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité. By Victoire Doux · Vicdoux., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/protest-artwork/artwork-10.pngArtwork 10Artwork 10: A blue riot officer silences an orange young person beneath the slogan Sois jeune et tais toi. By Poulpou., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/protest-artwork/artwork-11.pngArtwork 11Artwork 11: A cartoon about lycée blockades proposes returning pupils’ mobile phones to them. By Loïc Schvartz., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/protest-artwork/artwork-12.pngArtwork 12Artwork 12: A politician prays for rain to send protesting lycée students home. By Éric Truant · TRUANT., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/protest-artwork/artwork-13.pngArtwork 13Artwork 13: A riot officer agrees with No Future graffiti while raising a baton behind a young person. By Thibaut Soulcié., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/protest-artwork/artwork-14.pngArtwork 14Artwork 14: Two figures, one wearing a yellow vest and the other a blue school backpack, stand with their arms around each other under the sign Macron c’est les ténèbres. By Éric Truant · TRUANT., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/protest-artwork/artwork-15.pngArtwork 15Artwork 15: A fluorescent yellow-green and pink poster shows an open book with mots and maux overlaid, asking Qu’est-ce que vous attendez pour écouter les maux de la jeunesse ? By Artist not identified., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/protest-artwork/artwork-16.pngArtwork 16Artwork 16: A suited official tells Macron, who peers over an enormous presidential desk, Monsieur le Président, votre République en marche est arrivée. By Éric Truant · TRUANT., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/protest-artwork/artwork-17.pngArtwork 17Artwork 17: A young person with a backpack faces a larger, armored riot officer on a red background under the words Je pense, donc je gêne. By Will Argunas. https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/cahiers-articles-visual-essay https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/grand-format/french-revolution-political-history-monarchy-to-republic-art-power-democracy https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/grand-format/louis-xiv-royal-wax-seal-fleur-de-lis-velvet.webpA royal wax seal with a fleur-de-lis on velvetLouis XIV royal wax seal on velvet — Grand Format cover illustration by Dr. Amine Zidouh, https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/grand-format/artworks/portrait-of-louis-14-rigaud.jpgLouis XIV (14) (1638-1715), roi de France (Louis XIV (14) (1638–1715), King of France)Louis XIV (14) (1638-1715), roi de France (Louis XIV (14) (1638–1715), King of France) — Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1701. Musée du Louvre, Paris (INV 7492)., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/grand-format/artworks/lecture-de-la-tragedie-lemonnier.jpgLecture de la tragédie de L’Orphelin de la Chine de Voltaire dans le salon de Madame Geoffrin (Reading of Voltaire’s tragedy The Orphan of China in Madame Geoffrin’s salon)Lecture de la tragédie de L’Orphelin de la Chine de Voltaire dans le salon de Madame Geoffrin (Reading of Voltaire’s tragedy The Orphan of China in Madame Geoffrin’s salon) — Anicet Charles Gabriel Lemonnier, 1812. Musée national des châteaux de Malmaison et de Bois-Préau., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/grand-format/artworks/le-serment-du-jeu-de-paume-david.jpgLe Serment du Jeu de paume, 20 juin 1789 (The Tennis Court Oath, 20 June 1789)Le Serment du Jeu de paume, 20 juin 1789 (The Tennis Court Oath, 20 June 1789) — Jacques-Louis David, 1791–1792, unfinished monumental project. Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/grand-format/artworks/journee-du-21-janvier-1793-helman-monnet.jpgJournée du 21 Janvier 1793 (The Execution of Louis XVI (16))Journée du 21 Janvier 1793 (The Execution of Louis XVI (16)) — Isidore-Stanislas Helman and Antoine-Jean Duclos, after Charles Monnet, 1794. Bibliothèque nationale de France., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/grand-format/artworks/marat-assassine-david.jpgMarat assassiné (The Death of Marat)Marat assassiné (The Death of Marat) — Jacques-Louis David, 1793. Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels (inv. 3260)., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/grand-format/artworks/l-appel-des-dernieres-victimes-muller.jpgL’Appel des dernières victimes de la Terreur (Roll Call of the Last Victims of the Terror)L’Appel des dernières victimes de la Terreur (Roll Call of the Last Victims of the Terror) — Charles-Louis Muller, 1850. Musée de la Révolution française, Vizille., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/grand-format/artworks/le-sacre-de-napoleon-1-david.jpgSacre de l’empereur Napoléon I (1) et couronnement de l’impératrice Joséphine dans la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris, le 2 décembre 1804 (The Coronation of Napoleon)Sacre de l’empereur Napoléon I (1) et couronnement de l’impératrice Joséphine dans la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris, le 2 décembre 1804 (The Coronation of Napoleon) — Jacques-Louis David, 1806–1807. Musée du Louvre, Paris., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/grand-format/artworks/le-28-juillet-la-liberte-delacroix.jpgLe 28 juillet 1830. La Liberté guidant le peuple (Liberty Leading the People)Le 28 juillet 1830. La Liberté guidant le peuple (Liberty Leading the People) — Eugène Delacroix, 1830. Musée du Louvre, Paris., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/grand-format/artworks/lamartine-repoussant-le-drapeau-rouge-philippoteaux.jpgLamartine repoussant le drapeau rouge devant l’Hôtel de Ville, le 25 février 1848 (Lamartine Rejecting the Red Flag at the Paris Town Hall, 25 February 1848)Lamartine repoussant le drapeau rouge devant l’Hôtel de Ville, le 25 février 1848 (Lamartine Rejecting the Red Flag at the Paris Town Hall, 25 February 1848) — Félix Philippoteaux, 1848. Musée Carnavalet – Histoire de Paris., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/grand-format/artworks/14-juillet-1880-roll.jpgLe 14 Juillet 1880Le 14 Juillet 1880 — Alfred Roll, 1882. Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/grand-format/artworks/ordinance.jpgOrdonnance du 21 avril 1944 portant organisation des pouvoirs publics en France après la LibérationOrdonnance du 21 avril 1944 portant organisation des pouvoirs publics en France après la Libération — Comité français de la Libération nationale, 21 April 1944. Archives nationales (typescript copy, pages 1 and 5)., https://www.frenchpolitics.fr/images/grand-format/artworks/hemicycle-de-l-assemblee-nationale-coucouoeuf.jpgHémicycle de l’Assemblée nationaleHémicycle de l’Assemblée nationale — Photograph credited to Coucouoeuf, 3 July 2010. 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