Jacqueline Reuss
grew up in the US, but has lived most of her life in France. A translator and author, her most recent projects include the first unabridged French translation of Emma Goldman’s autobiography, (2018) and, next year, of Alexander Berkman’s Prison Memoirs.
Was the movement nothing but a new populist upsurge, an interclassist mix of small-time business owners, independent contractors, and workers? Was it some sort of rightwing or even far-right backlash? As the government flailed around trying to contain it and finally caved in on the fuel tax issue, I realized there was more to this movement than we’d first thought.
