Every Saturday we go to demonstrate in Paris. Georgia Pouliquen, Alternative View 10 lecture, ‘The 21st Century French Yellow Vest Revolution, Youtube 1.11.49
I want to provide a testimony from France to the world about massive domestic oppression in my country France and violence of our government. ibid. Georgia’s video testimony
Yellow Vests are a humanist movement, a beautiful movement, and now we suffer massive domestic oppression … This is about freedom, and government commits violence of fundamental human rights here in France. ibid.
That’s not crowd control: that’s massive and bloody repression, and French government try to hide the truth. ibid.
Macron passed a law to prevent us to demonstrate in the streets: now it’s an offence … We don’t have freedom of assembly any more. ibid.
A lot of young people lost an eye. ibid.
We have no choice: that’s a survival movement. ibid.
Few sites on Earth are as majestic or as treacherous as the jagged region of Britanny, located on the north-west coast of France. And here are the legendary Carnac stones, a collection of over 3,000 massive rocks arranged in rows. Ancient Aliens s2e8: Unexplained Structures, History 2010
600 determined delegates marched to meet with the King, representing the suffering common people of France … They found the Royal Hall doors locked. Revolutions that Changed History III: The French Revolution, History 2024
‘Political violence, ideological violence, blood on the streets, heads rolling …’ ibid. comment
‘This is the bloodiest revolution of the 18th century.’ ibid.
‘France is in crippling financial straits … This economic crisis exposes the root of a very broken system.’ ibid.
The majority of France is gripped by scarcity. ibid.
This intellectual awakening is fuelled by enlightenment ideals of reason, liberty and equality. ibid.
22 June 1940: France, one of Europe’s great military powers, collapsed in a few weeks. Gasping and breathless, the last government of the Third Republic led by Marshal Petain urgently requested the terms of armistice. 1940: The Sound of Surrender, History 2021
At 3.30 p.m. on June 21st the Germans began recording all conversations inside the carriage without the French knowing. ibid.
The trouble with the French is they don’t have a word for entrepreneur. George W Bush, alleged comment to Tony Blair at G8 summit July 2002
The world we live in was shaped by war. For hundreds of years power-hungry families fought for the right to rule, and Europe transformed. These rivalries shifted borders, destroyed cities and brought populations to their knees. A war of thrones, a tale of murder, sex and betrayal. The Real War of Thrones s1e1: The True History of Europe: War is Declared 1328-1365, 2017
In the 14th century Philip VI, king of France, saw a great new rival emerge – the Plantagenet king of England, Edward III. He intended to seize the crown from his Valois cousin … It started the longest and bloodiest war in European history: this became known as the Hundred Years War.
Edward wanted revenge. Isabel was an accomplice to all her lover’s crimes. But Edward showed her mercy and let her live. Mortimer wasn’t so fortunate. ibid.
Edward declared himself the legitimate heir to the French throne. This was nothing short of a declaration of war. ibid.
Against all odds, Edward had destroyed Philip’s army. But the 100 Year War was far from over. ibid.
A far greater killer was on the horizon. In 1348 a plague known as the Black Death swept across France and a third of the population died. In August it jumped across the channel. ibid.
On August 22nd 1350 Philip VI, the first Valois king of France, died. ibid.
At the dawn of the fifteenth century dramatic events shook an already weakened France. A king went mad. A queen sided with the enemy. The English took advantage of the confusion to invade France. The Real War of Throne s1e2: The True History of Europe: The Mad King & the Maiden 1392-1453
In the spring of 1392 the young king of France, Charles VI … suddenly he was overcome by a strange feeling of dizziness … The young king had probably inherited his madness from his mother … Now he will forever be remembered as Charles the Mad. ibid.
For seven years the Burgundians and the Armagnacs fought one another. Both sides took control of Paris and then lost it. Frenchmen fought Frenchmen and the losses were heavy. ibid.
In 1414 he [Henry V] prepared to take the [French] crown by force. The war that had started 70 years earlier was ready to begin again in earnest. ibid.
On October 24th 1415 the English and French armies arrived here at Agincourt. ibid.
Charles VII was determined to drive the English out of France once and for all. ibid.
In the second half of the fifteenth century a perfidious king was crowned in France but his throne was threatened … Marriages were arranged but one enemy would prove more formidable. The Real War of Thrones s1e3: The True History of Europe: The Marriage Game 1461-1483
In the name of the League of the Wheel, The Bold declared war on the King of France. ibid.
At the beginning of the renaissance the throne of France was once again under threat. The ambitious emperor wanted to dominate Europe. The king of France was prepared to do anything to save his realm. The rivalry would lead to 27 years of war. The Real War of Throne s1e4: The True History of Europe: The King & the Emperor 1515-1548
Francis would be a flamboyant monarch. The new King of France was warmly welcomed by the aristocracy. ibid.
The Cloth of Gold summit was a waste of time. ibid.
In less than four hours the French army was all but annihilated. ibid.
With King Francis behind bars, the kingdom was now more vulnerable than ever. Enemies both near and far began to circle. ibid.
In mourning as in war, Francis’s kingdom just like Charles V’ empire had to face up to a lack of money. ibid.
Henry II was 29 years old. A year earlier he succeeded his father Francis I to the French Throne. Henry II was an ambitious, ruthless monarch whose main obsession was to gain revenge on his old arch-enemy Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor. The Real War of Thrones s2e1: The True History of Europe: Game of Queens 1542-1559
The open war between Mary and Elizabeth was good for the King of France. ibid.
The Catholic King of Spain would devote his reign to eliminating Protestants from Europe. Protestants also risked being burned at the stake at the Catholic kingdom of France. The Real War of Thrones s2e2: In the Name of God 1550-1564
With the rise of Protestantism, Europe was plunged into bloody war. Among the Catholics, France was weakened by a regency; Spain was faced with a revolt; in Scotland, the Queen risked losing her throne for love. The Real Game of Thrones s2e3: Europe Ignites 1561-1569
1561: In France, Queen Catherine d’Medici must choose between tolerance and suppression … In six months, the Kingdom of France plunged into the first war of religion, dragging Europe behind it in a fight for faith. ibid.
The wars of religion fashioned the Europe we live in today. In the 16th century religion and power were inextricably linked. The Real Game of Thrones s2e5: Enemy Brothers 1575-1584
France had a new king but his country was at war. And his brother continued to betray him … Henry had inherited a country in ruin devastated by civil war. ibid.
After the premature death of his younger brother, King Henry III of France had no Catholic heir. He was now the last of the Valois. On his death, the throne would pass to a protestant! The Real War of Thrones s2e6: The Last of the Valois 1584-1594
King Henry declared Protestantism illegal throughout the kingdom. ibid.
600 determined delegates marched to meet with the King, representing the suffering common people of France … They found the Royal Hall doors locked. Revolutions that Changed History III: The French Revolution
‘Political violence, ideological violence, blood on the streets, heads rolling …’ ibid. comment
‘This is the bloodiest revolution of the 18th century.’ ibid.
‘France is in crippling financial straits … This economic crisis exposes the root of a very broken system.’ ibid.
The majority of France is gripped by scarcity. ibid.
This intellectual awakening is fuelled by enlightenment ideals of reason, liberty and equality. ibid.
Few sites on Earth are as majestic or as treacherous as the jagged region of Britanny, located on the north-west coast of France. And here are the legendary Carnac stones, a collection of over 3,000 massive rocks arranged in rows. Ancient Aliens s2e8: Unexplained Structures, History 2010
1429, France: While Joan [of Arc] served primarily as a military figurehead, she also instigated new military tactics and repeatedly out-smarted the more experienced English commanders. But did her mysterious visions actually come from heaven? Or might the French teenager have received, as Ancient Astronaut theorists suggest, a type of advanced extraterrestrial knowledge? Ancient Alien s2e10: Alien Contacts