From: glevy@PRATT.EDU
Date: Sun Nov 06 2005 - 10:36:39 EST
Hi Paul Z: Here's a short article on the riots in France: <http://www.countdownnet.info/articoli/analisi/Europa/356.pdf> Antoine Lerougetel, France: widening anti-police riots provoke government crisis I think there are connections to be made: clearly the rioting can not be understood simply as a reaction to the economic situation, including the extraordinarily high rates of unemployment and poverty in North African exile communities in France. Other issues also shape these events, including racial discrimination in France, prejudice against Moslems, police brutality, and the complicity of all of the major political parties in allowing the above. What do you have to add? In solidarity, Jerry
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