{"id":31141,"date":"2019-02-19T05:32:03","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T04:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=31141"},"modified":"2019-02-19T02:06:52","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T01:06:52","slug":"french-language-and-culture-the-past-as-prologue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-language-and-culture-the-past-as-prologue\/","title":{"rendered":"French language and culture – the past as prologue"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve talked about nostalgia<\/a> before. I’ve also shared mid-century songs from French y\u00e9-y\u00e9 singers like Katty Line<\/a> and Jacqueline Ta\u00efeb<\/a> . But as the movement known as\u00a0les gilets jaunes<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>enters its third month, I had to share this new oldie I came across.<\/p>\n

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To read some of my earlier coverage of les gilets jaunes:
\nEarly coverage of the protests from last December<\/a>.
\nJanuary<\/a> updates including links to French news coverage.
\nThe latest coverage<\/a> on the\u00a0grand d\u00e9bat.<\/strong><\/div>\n

Plus \u00e7a change… \/ <\/strong>The more things change…<\/i><\/p>\n

While\u00a0les gilets jaunes<\/strong> don’t have an official leader (nor according to many, a coherent strategy) their protests did start around major anti-tax protests and they seem, across France, to be protesting the way the world is moving\u00a0trop vite\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(too quickly)<\/em> around them. Well, way back in 1966 Pussy Cat, the young French singer of the group\u00a0Les Petitis Souris<\/strong> (The little mice)<\/em>, was already singing about the same challenges.<\/p>\n