the title of the articles tells you the french are in revolt, and you don't see it at all on the tv, for over a year, so you might wonder why you hear about some things but not others;

Five days ago, the 2nd of January, French strikers set a new record for consecutive days on strike: 29. This beats the 28 days registered in 1968.

No one is calling this a revolution, but it is. 

Since November the revolt against Macron and the French state has entered a higher, more intense phase. Along with the vast union strikes go freeway and rail closure, petrol shortages, the selected allocation of electricity supplies to poor areas; the denial of power to Amazon, the marches of the Gilet Jaune, the intensifying battles with the police, the involvement of more and more of the French citizenry and institutions, including, last week, the National Ballet; all of it is evidence of how the struggle to remove Macron is intensifying.

After a year of weekend battles in every major French city and the official entry of the trade unions into the fight, big changes are in the wind and the yearlong power struggle in France is moving inexorably towards a climax.

This poster is a good place to start if we want to understand these developments.............https://off-guardian.org/2020/01/06/i-am-france-no-one-is-calling-this-a-revolution-but-it-is/?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=1109844d6a76862d658d1591b07b021fc7e2874f-1578563328-0-Af_RFpzJuTQr7tG0WjLw4qw5aE-2ayBV3sMWo5VfFrIJxEJyqZ2GWaDvePqhOsf6lfDnVRQP2trKgQAFOp3qMJS1UOxTA23r-f4IebOE_YX4YORJjHX3Cl24603RVBikk-FMMQHOWQgCQW8OSCAffQoNb69Yuy0FvrN0ynvuIbbDu3vb1oS5ntwnoCz7fgC-RrRdWVt0oMBvJb2wvyAYrnuV7IzA6ECdG11cOVUTzPmk5yDUXPOt59filtG2GIoChENV3zUK_cpkOtI3gWjXFqKoGpgxv6g26LxmGgc2iWWk_t-jLZFnGPMOxg7nadz8Npdyg-g-9zxB5QWDeFXOcGlRTs51FXbICEjDUjy5LdUd