VIVE LA RESISTANCE! Thank God for FranceBy MIKE WHITNEY Weekend EditionOctober 22 - 24, 2010Thank God for France. While American liberals tremble at the idea of sending an angry e mail to congress for fear that their name will appear on the State Department's list of terrorists, French workers are on the front lines choking on tear gas and fending off billyclubs in hand-to-hand combat with Sarkozy's Gendarmerie. That's because the French haven't forgotten their class roots. When the government gets too big for its britches, people pour out onto...
Friday, 22 October 2010
THREE CHEERS FOR THE FRENCH STRIKERS!
THREE CHEERS FOR THE FRENCH STRIKERS!By ALEXANDER COCKBURNWeekend EditionOctober 22 - 24, 2010The strikes and demonstrations that have brought France to a near-halt are provoking the usual patronizing commentaries in the United States and United Kingdom. Those pampered French workers, not to mention school kids, are at it again, raising hell just because sensible President Sarkozy points out that the French pension system is simply not affordable and the retirement age must be raised from 60 to 62. It’s time for a reality check, of the sort just...
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