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March 19, 2006

Danielle Ameden: Photos, clip from yesterday's Paris labor demonstration

Danielle Ameden of Roger Williams University in Bristol has uploaded 85 photos of Paris demonstrations (background, from yesterday), many from yesterday afternoon's massive peaceful protest and some from more sinister nighttime protests. (She blogged that yesterday.) You may view them as a slideshow, or browse as thumbnails.

I've posted a selection of photos from her slideshow below, to whet your appetite. My French isn't good enough to translate all the signs with a lot of confidence.

Students and many adults throughout the country marched against proposed legislation that would let employers fire young workers for no reason, in an attempt to ease unemployment. (???) Story: Guardian (U.K.), France's global warning

Danielle emails that she hopes to blog about this demonstration, which she describes as "pretty powerful," later today. She attached a tiny, 3-second video clip, with sound; I've sent her the URLs of some ftp drops so she can send larger videos later today. (Her email provider limits the size of attachments.)

Here's her three-second movie, with sound, in mpg, Real Media and Windows Media formats.

(Projo.com invited Rhode Island students abroad to blog on our site, linked on the news site's homepage, with email support from me. Eleven have managed to get at least one post out, even if it meant a hike to an Internet cafe and up a steep learning curve; several are posting regularly.)

"How sad this is"

More of Danielle Almaden's photos from Paris

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