Mobilization of October 17: “yellow vests season 2”, real “revolution” or simple TikTok fashion… What to expect?

We are talking about a real “revolution”. It is said that "the day of glory has come." It is claimed that this is the great return of the yellow vests. And it is true that the context of this fall presents similarities with that of November 2018, starting with the discontent around fuel prices. But nothing says that the calls for a day of action on October 17 against the high cost of living, born on social networks, will turn like eight years ago into a concrete mobilization, in the streets, in squares and roundabouts, fluorescent jackets on the shoulders. “This appeal is at the moment still quite uncertain and a little nebulous. There is sometimes a big gap between a call on social networks and its actual follow-up,” says a police source.

October 17 has taken on a little more depth in recent days with the rallying to the cause of several historical figureheads of the yellow vests. Thus Jérôme Rodrigues, an activist who lost an eye during a demonstration in…