Mobilization of October 17: a coordination of yellow vests announces an “act II” of the demonstrations for Saturday October 24

Soon an “Act II”? A coordination of yellow vests which participated in demonstrations against the cost of living in France on Saturday October 17, which turned into chaos in several cities, announced Monday October 19 to plan new actions for October 24 as well as for the 31st.

On the site 17octetgiletjaune.net, published by several collectives including the regional coordination “Bloquons tout” Ile-de-France, a map of mobilizations planned for October 24 already lists a few dozen planned actions. Anyone can declare a gathering there, and even if the platform assures that "the location will be published on the map after verification by the team", it is not said that each gathering is authorized or manages to be organized.

“There is clearly a huge push for there to be an Act II,” Benjamin Ball, publisher of the site 17entreprisesgiletjaune.net, told AFP. Sunday evening, "what we said was that we were trying to give ourselves time and build [the mobilization for] November 5", the day when an inter-union (CFDT, CGT, FO, Unsa, FSU) called on the public and private sectors to demonstrate for wages, public services, employment and industry, adds the editor.

“We are going to follow this push, obviously. We are keeping the momentum for November 5 but we are going to build in stages, that is to say there will be a 24, a 31, and after that, a November 5.”