Dan Lodi, 70, a Corsican retired furniture salesman, lives in the Paris banlieue. He has come to Paris every Saturday since the gilets janues demos began.
“I was on the May 1968 barricades in Paris for three weeks when I was 20 and now I’m a gilet jaune aged 70," he said. 1/5
“I was on the May 1968 barricades in Paris for three weeks when I was 20 and now I’m a gilet jaune aged 70," he said. 1/5
Lodi said: "In France we’ve been having revolutions since 1789, we got rid of the king but we’re still fighting because the rich still have power and inequality is still there”… 2/5
Lodi said: “In 68, everyone was behind us, we paralysed the economy with the largest strike in modern French history. So we need everyone now to get on board & demonstrate. It’s not enough for the gov to promise little tweaks, they need to rethink economic policy”... 3/5
Lodi said: “I’m against the violence, I'm staying away from tear-gas. But I understand some people’s view – they think that in May 68, the government only listened when we picked up paving stones & started throwing them. I’d rather the gov listened to peaceful demonstrators.” 4/5
Lodi said: “My pension has shrunk because Macron increased taxes on pensioners, my children can’t make ends meet. My 20-year-old grandson is here today because he sees no future, even as an IT student. The government has to start listening.” 5/5
