Sarkozy backs down in face of student unrest
Internationalise it! | 16.12.2008 23:57 | Education | Social Struggles | World
Protests over education reform turned violent last week, with students clashing with police in Brest, Rennes and Lille, all cities in northern France that have fallen on hard economic times.
"When you see people confront each other with such violence, when you see the pillage, when you see what we have seen in a country like Greece, obviously it makes us think twice," said Sarkozy.
"When you see people confront each other with such violence, when you see the pillage, when you see what we have seen in a country like Greece, obviously it makes us think twice," said Sarkozy.
Quote taken from article posted by Carole Landry, Agence France-Presse, on the Canada.com website on 16.12.08.
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C'est different en France
17.12.2008 00:42
"A much-touted plan by Sarkozy to ban advertising on French public television meanwhile was approved by the broadcaster's board of directors, circumventing a parliament filibuster by the opposition.....Public radio and television staff have staged protests and a strike against the reform, which they see as a threat to the independence of public broadcasting, although Sarkozy insists it will help boost programme quality."
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Banning advertising? Sounds bloody excellent to me. Advertising is nothing more than the rich begging from the poor by distorting peoples' realities.
Krop
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17.12.2008 10:27
Read the Chomsky Herman Theory of Media Control