The anarchist demonstration of 1 May in Paris is an event held annually in the city. Organized by the Confédération nationale du Travail, the Francophone Anarchist Federation, the Union communiste lib
Anarchist contingent joining the inter-union demonstration (2026)
Issue of La Révolte discussing the 'martyrs of Chicago' (21 October 1887)
Front of the anarchist demonstration joining the big one at the place de la République (2026) - the banner reads 'No wars between people, no peace between classes'
Red and black and trans flags on Le Triomphe de la République in Paris (1st of May 2025).
Yellow vests protests
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The yellow vests protests or yellow-jacket protests were a series of populist, grassroots weekly protests in France that began on 17 November 2018 and ended on 28 June 2020.
Anarchist demonstration of 1 May in Paris
…as a black bloc, joined the tail end of the main procession after the anarchist march. The 2019 edition took place in a climate of support for the Yellow Vests and climate justice. Bouhey, Vivien (2008), Les Anarchistes contre la République [The Anarchists against the Republic], Rennes: Presses universitaires…
A yellow vests protest in Belfort, France, on 29 December 2018
A high-visibility vest, the key symbol of the protests
Gilets jaunes protest in Occitania
The first gilets jaunes protest in Vesoul, 17 November 2018