The Importance of Blockades in the Movement

Lyon is not the only place where blockades are happening. They've become a staple of the uprising in France as well. I'm very interested in talking about the blockages of the highways around Lyon. Because many cities are trying to do this. There is a ren, which is in Portaine, which manages to block the highways very often. And so they started in Lyon. We tried once a few weeks ago. It was a call by the unions with a few points to block in the morning. People and militants from all over joined the points at like 6 a.m. or 7 a.m,. But when people arrived, there were cops everywhere and they were pushed away