French government withdraws “First Job Contract,” enlists unions in assault on job securit (tags)
President Jacques Chirac and Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin announced yesterday that new legislation will be drawn up to replace the “First Job Contract” (CPE), which sparked a massive wave of protests and strikes in recent weeks. Leaders of the trade unions, some student unions and “left” political parties immediately declared the shift marked a decisive victory for the anti-CPE movement and signalled their intention to halt further mass mobilisations against the government.
Carta de la señora Maigret a John Lennon (tags)
Cuando John Lennon creó “Imagine”, éste, probablemente no imaginaba su propia muerte. La Señora Maigret ofrece, en esta carta, testimonios de la pervivencia de Imagine y de los excelentes resultados que puede tener este discurso, el que mantuvo el mismo cantaautor en su época de los Beattles y los de otros, como Saint Exupéry o Dylan en la puesta en práctica de otros mundos posibles
Curfew Imposed in Parisian Ghettos (tags)
Curfew Imposed in Parisian Ghettos
ANSWERS TO TWO GREAT MYSTERIES (tags)
UNDERSTANDING PRESIDENT MUFFIN-MOUTH...