Strike Disrupts France Amid Huge Protest

"Nationwide strikes disrupted airline, train and bus service, closed the Eiffel Tower and sent hundreds of thousands of protesters into the streets across France on Tuesday as unions joined in solidarity with...

Many hurt in French university blast

"Reuters - A huge explosion destroyed a research building at a French university in the eastern city of Mulhouse on Friday, injuring a large number of people, the emergency services said."

French PM under heavy political pressure

"Nationwide protests by students and unions, upset by the proposed labour law, have picked up steam for weeks and brought a half million people to the streets Saturday."

Paris job law rally turns violent

"Reuters - Rampaging French youths set fire to cars and looted shops in Paris on Thursday, marring protests against a youth jobs law that Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin had agreed to discuss with unions."

French push to free digital tunes

French MP's are set to vote on a law that could lead to big changes in the way digital music is sold online.

France: Crisis of the Capitalist State

the current crisis of capitalism and it's state in France proves once again what I have said here, ad nauseaum, that there is no modern State without Capitalism. They go together like a horse and carriage as the...

Wired News reports on a French attempt to force Apple to use an interoperable...

"I have to say my personal opinion is that this would be a very good thing. Holding your users to ransom seems to me a terrible idea and the agreement on a DRM solution that is popular and not limited to one supplier a much better one..."

Riots erupt after French protests

Vehicles were set on fire and stores were damaged as masked youths clashed with police. More than 160 people were arrested after clashes erupted in eastern Paris following a day of largely peaceful demonstrations...

Is Paris Burning

Today half a million families along with students and trade unionists demonstrated across France peacefully against the new French Labour Law.

WWWJs: Putting the World Wide Back Into the Web

WJ's performence 17-24 march 2006/ MNAC/ Museum of Contemporary Art/ Bucharest artists: Lucille Calmel, Sylvie Astié, Jean- Baptiste Bayle, Olga Kisseleva, Vali Chincisan, Dorel Naste, Suzana Dan, Mihaela Kavdanska. curator : Anne Roquigny programmer : Stéphane...

Emissions Scheme Improves Profits, Not Air

"Emissions Scheme Improves Profits, Not Air"

May 68 Redux

"The streets of Paris have ignited in days of rage as students strike against the new employment laws. Reminding us once again of the Paris Maydays of 68. Complete with cops attacking protesters. It's a Flashback; Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose."

American Refuseniks now head for France not Canada

France has become a favorite destination for Iraq War Refuseniks.

New Labor Law Draws French Protests

"Classes have been disrupted or halted in universities around the country since last week. Students occupied the Sorbonne in Paris over the weekend, and in Rennes, the main university has been shuttered for weeks....

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