This article examines the movement known as “yellow jackets”, occurred in France, considering its main developments and demands until January 2019. The argument is first developed through a theoretical discussion about the crisis of representative democracy, intending to connect the movement that began in 2018 to those that occurred 50 years ago, in May 1968. In this regard, I searched to establish a line of continuity between those movements that demand a real democratization of power. In second place, the article highlights some possible contributions from the yellow jackets movement to a more open and plural conception of democracy and political science.
Representative Democracy; Social Movements; Yellow Jackets; Multitude; Populist Moment