I saw this 1995 movie last night… I recommend it…

Via the Partisan…

In response to the racist treatment of the local employees and arbitrary sackings, more than 200 of the Egyptian employees who work for the French embassy and cultural centers are on strike… More details in Arabic, English and French could be found here and here…

A follow up on a previous posting… From the BBC…
French police have arrested more than 30 people in raids on housing estates near Paris, targeting the suspected ringleaders of riots last November.
Some 1,000 police took part in the pre-dawn sweep in and around Villiers-le-Bel, some 20km (12 miles) north of the capital, officials said.
The [...]

Yann Tiersen…

Via Lenin’s Tomb…

A very interesting posting…

From Al-Jazeera…
A manslaughter inquiry has been ordered into the deaths of two teenagers which sparked riots in a Paris suburb.
A judge ordered the inquiry on Monday, after six hours of violence that subsided around midnight on Sunday.
A second night of fighting ignited late on Monday as about 160 police fired tear gas and rubber [...]

Fantastic photos of the students joining the French workers’ protests by Philippe..

FRANCE ON STRIKE!