The Yellow Vest, or gilets jaunes, are grassroots worker movement that have defied politics as usual in France and the rest of the world. In our latest, Scott talks with Prof. Ida Susser about her new book- an ethnographic study of the Yellow Vests- “The Yellow Vests and the Battle for Democracy.” They discuss who they are, where they come from and the alliances and relationships they built in through their movement organizing. They also discuss the state backlash to them as they refused to comply with liberal and far right political institutions.
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Guest bio//
Ida Susser is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. She has published on popular mobilizations, social movements, and the urban commons in the United States, Europe, and Southern Africa. She is the author of “The Yellow Vests and the Battle for Democracy” and many other books.
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