INTERVIEW
Author of Lies in Yellow Vest, which appears on November 22, the historian Sylvain Boulouque, a specialist in the extreme left, was the guest of Fabienne Le Moal in the mid-day newspaper on Europe 1. He explains in his work that the movement of "yellow vests", which "celebrates" his first birthday on Saturday, is unpublished for several reasons in the history of French social movements. He also believes that feminists have failed to seize it.
The first of these historical novelties is the mode of mobilization, mainly based on social networks, explains Sylvain Bouloque. But the historian is mainly interested in people who have demonstrated in the processions "yellow vests". "Since the Dreyfus affair, the ultra-right and the far-left have not shown side by side, usually two opposing sides, they clashed again in December and March last year. but it is a new phenomenon to see them manifest together, as they have done to try to take control of the movement, "says the historian.
"Single mothers stayed in the silence of history"
For Sylvain Bouloque, the movement of "yellow vests" could also have been that of feminists if they had been "less wise". "This refers to the media phenomenon, which over-mediatized the violence, but the feminist demonstrations, especially of single mothers, took place on Sunday.These were traditional demonstrations, without breakage, so they went to the door. is a movement that could have made more resonance to single mothers, single mothers, but they have remained in the silence of history, "he describes.