GUSTAV COURBET AND THE GILETS JAUNES

I translated this excerpt from "Le Loi des Peintures" on p. 25 of FAKIR of Sept 2019 , an anti-capitalist newspaper from Amiens. The article had to do with the celebration of the 200th anniversary of Courbet's birth at Ornans.

" A Gilets jaunes spotted me... 'Macron came here in June to pay homage to Courbet. Twice he called him "Gaston" .. a highly cultured president, it seems. We distributed a leaflet'
He found the leaflet. It was entitled "Macron the Versaillais, Courbet the Communard!" 1. It asked the question, "For the 200th anniversary of his birth, a second death for Courbet? NO! The Gilets jaunes are here to honor him!" 

1. Gustav Courbet was a socialist, a supporter of the Paris Commune and Pierre Proudhon's best friend. The Versaillais were the politicians in charge of the French state located at Versailles during the Commune. They were responsible for murdering 25,000 Parisians and exiling an equal number to Cayenne and New Caledonia