A-Infos (en) ait russia - The 49th Act of the Yellow Vests: Solidarity with Firefighters [machine translation]

The 49th rally of the yellow vest movement was dedicated to solidarity with the 
firefighters fighting, whose demonstration on October 15 in Paris was brutally dispersed 
by the police, and one of the firefighters was wounded in the eye. The central rally took 
place this time in Clermont-Ferrand. Activists from other places of the Puy-de-Dom, 
Cantal, Croesus department arrived on a march in Clermont-Ferrran ... ---- Despite the 
authorities' ban, protesters gathered in Jaude Square. The authorities mobilized 
repressive forces, significant in the scale of the city: 80 special forces from CRS, 50 
mobile gendarmes and many employees of the Department of Public Security Directorate. 
Police and gendarmes were concentrated nearby, but so far did not intervene. Protesters 
challenged police stationed in neighboring streets, chanting: "Nobody likes the police."

Only a few demonstrators wore yellow vests. Slogans were put forward not to wear them, in 
order to avoid unnecessary clashes with the police. "The police will confiscate them from 
us," explained 58-year-old Alain. He added that "almost nothing has changed in a year, 
fuel is even more expensive, and the gap between rich and poor is growing."

"Today we came to express our support for firefighters; we are trying to achieve 
convergence (struggle) of different professions," explained the baker Gilbert, who came 
from the Central region.

The demonstrators first occupied the symbolic building of the cathedral, and then moved 
back to the city center, where they built burning barricades from garbage cans. For the 
first time, ballot boxes flashed on Lagarle Street; later the same thing happened in a 
number of other streets. A helicopter flew continuously over the demonstration. 
Demonstrators walked around the city center, accompanied by police officers. They headed 
down Fongiev Street to the Palace of Justice, and they had to call firefighters to put out 
burning garbage cans. At the end of the march, the demonstrators tried to return to Zhod 
Square, where they tried to break into the shopping center, but were driven away by the 
police. There were collisions at the entrance.

During the march, there were several clashes with the forces of the capitalist order, as, 
for example, on the small Assa Street, between Zhod Square and the prefecture, where 
police used tear gas bombs. As a result, at least 11 people were detained.

In Toulouse, protesters decided this time to abandon the traditional route of 
demonstrations, starting the march at 14.00 not in the city center, but on the left bank 
of the Garonne, in the Saint-Cyprien quarter. The reason for this choice was the desire to 
express their solidarity with the struggle of firefighters and emergency doctors, who are 
just on strike. This quarter houses the barracks of firefighters and a number of clinics 
and hospitals. The slogan was put forward: "We will help convergence and unity: no man and 
no woman deserve such inhumanity: this scandalous violence and the complete lack of 
response from our leaders." As they marched, they made a stop at the Vion Firefighter 
Barracks, chanting "Thank you, thank you!" and applauding. Demonstrators tried to cross 
the Catalans bridge blocked by police to the center, which used tear gas against them. 
Then clashes with the police took place in the Burrassol quarter, where protesters tried 
to connect with the doctors from the Purpan hospital. Small groups of strikers and 
demonstrators were located in the city center, between Wilson Square and Saint-Georges. A 
helicopter patrolled over the demonstrators.

In Paris, protesters marched from France-Television headquarters to La Défense, surrounded 
by police. The Bordeaux demonstration took place without incident. In Lille, the "yellow 
vests" held a demonstration under the banners "CRS, don't touch my fireman!" and 
"Firefighters are poisoned by gas; police officers are awarded." In Lyon, protesters 
gathered in Bellecour Square with the banner Solidarity with Firefighters. Law enforcement 
forces attacked them to prevent access to the main shopping streets in the city center.

In Valenciennes, where a regional demonstration of "yellow vests" was held, clashes 
occurred with the police and gendarmes, which were only three times less than the 
demonstrators. The protesters moved in a constant police environment. From the very first 
moments of the march from Valigloo parking, at 2.00 p.m., where the police seized one 
person, the tension grew. Clashes broke out twice - under the bridge and in front of the 
brewery on Lille street.

In clashes with the police, who repeatedly used tear gas, in Rouen, demonstrators threw 
various objects at the guards of the capitalist order. 2 policemen and 1 demonstrator were 
injured, 7 people were detained.

Marches also took place in Angers, Nior (where the protesters also recalled the struggle 
against pension reform and the privatization of the Paris airport) and other cities.

In addition to the demonstrations, the "yellow vests" also continued protests on the 
roads. So, at the roundabout of the Chateau-Gaillard highway A42, they handed out leaflets 
to passing cars and chanted "We are here, even if Macron does not like it." In 
Carcassonne, activists of the Carcassonne in Anger group let people traveling on the Q6 
highway east of the city for free. In Brest, they blocked traffic on the RN12 highway ...

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