ADDITIONAL NOTES:
paris, france: above, a sunday march along boulevard voltaire in the 11th eme to stop la greve (the strike) on university campuses. during the country-wide tumult, studies have been interrupted since last month due to the anti-CPE demonstrations and strikes. "Sixty-three out of the country's 84 universities are on strike, according to Unef. About 50 of them were occupied by students, the union said." professors, parents and students comprised the procession.though we were packing up in the states when the news-making anti-CPE protests broke out across france -- and now that we're here, the measure has been dropped under pressure of unpopularity -- the issue is still causing great stir, and some news headlines are reporting that additional strikes could be on the way.
nothing like political dissatisfaction to make us feel at home in a new country. more protests in the archives...
Tuesday 11 April 2006
the tail end of local news: protesting the cpe strikes
17 comments // news, paris, protests
The Pro-CPE demonstrations like the one pictured by Rion were very small, mostly driven by right syndicates. They were mostly parents or elderly people, not a lot of students!