Michael Trammer

Freelance Journalist / Mediadesigner Picture & Sound

Gilets Jaunes Protest in Paris

Location: Hanover, Germany

Nationality: German

Biography: Freelance journalist based in Hanover and Munich | Prefers to work with different media (photo, video and text) and likes stories with an investigative element. Writes on social movements, social inequality, migration and group-focused enmity. |... MORE

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Gilets Jaunes Protest in Paris

Copyright Michael Trammer 2024

Date of Work Dec 2018 - Dec 2018

Updated Jul 2019

Location Paris, France

Topics Action, Activism, Capitalism, Civil Rights, Environment, Feature, Fire, News, Photography, Photojournalism, Revolution, Violence

Following the introduction of a so called 'ecological' gasoline-tax by the neoliberal Macron government, France was rocked by heavy clashes of protestors and police. The country known for its protest-experienced working class saw a new level of violence leaving hundreds of people wounded. The excessive use of the LBD40, known as "flashball", as well as "stun" grenades has caused a discussion on what amount of violence the state can use to face demonstrations. After weeks of what media in France declared as the most violent protests since May 1968, Macron gave in to start negotiations.

Cover photo & reportage:
Jungle World #50/2018 - Die gelbe Gefahr
Allez les jaunes. Nach den Riots der »Gelben Westen« macht Präsident Macron Zugeständnisse. Die Proteste gehen dennoch weiter. Doch worauf will die Bewegung hinaus? Was verbindet reaktionäre Kleinbürger, die weniger Steuern zahlen wollen,...

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