A Good Old-Fashioned Strike

Thursday, October 18, 2007 | comments (2)
The French do just about everything with style, including staging a protest, apparently. The current strike by the union of utilities and the union of transport, which has most of Paris shut down is being referred to as "Black Thursday," but in this piece, NPR correspondent Eleanor Beardsley describes it as more of a "festival" or "country fair," complete with hot-air balloons, grilled sausage, and hanging out on the grass. Vive la France!

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i was in san fransisco during a hotel worker strike.. it was very much a street fair.. i thought.. wow.. this isnt how we do it in dc...everybody here kinda has an "all business" attitude about protesting..but then san fran is about as close to france as youre gonna find in the US
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Posted by suicid_blond on Oct 18, 2007 at 4:22:06 PM
Mmmm . . . San Fran. There's someplace I wouldn't mind being right now. Or anytime, really.

Posted by Rothko on Oct 18, 2007 at 5:28:21 PM
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