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Storming the Bastille '07


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While some in France are celebrating the election of conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy, others spent Sunday night at the Bastille, expressing their opinion in the traditional French manner.
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3 responses // Storming the Bastille '07

  • well, it would actually be good to know which city/country/location this footage was shot in and it would be nice actually to give more an explanation of why people were rioting and in what way, what the extend of the riots were.

    I don''t like that the rioters are just in general called "the anarchists" as far as I remember the Youths protesting before with riots and burnt cars were said to be the more unpolitical disadvantaged black people of the suburban areas and not the mainly well educated white politicos? Are these rioters not the same people as before?

    And the reason why cameras are attacked is because many journalists sell their footage off to the police.

    But great stuff, thanks for uploading it so promptly.
    ulla
  • http://current.com/items/76375282_silencing_france
    Silencing France
    Silencing France
    This pod is a good example of how citizen journalism works, which makes “Silencing France,” another pod by Juan Carlos Medina about a French law that targets citizen journalists, all the more relevant.
    cerissa
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_civil_unrest_in_Franc...
    Just a shadow of 2005
    Just a shadow of 2005
    In 2005 France erupted in much more serious civil unrest, which Juan also covered for Current.
    afitzgerald

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