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Saturday 1 October 2011

French High-schoolers Take to the Streets to Defend Summer Vacation...from Facebook??

Gee, and I thought Facebook only used its powers for good...

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Monday 26 September 2011

The Boss Has Escaped!: How a French Labor Protest Ritual Went South

When is the last time you heard the word "jailbreak" outside the context of hacking an iPhone, anyway?

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Saturday 5 February 2011

Less Paid Holidays in 2011?!? ACK!!!

vacation4.jpgIn an alarming calendrical conspiracy uncovered by Le Monde earlier this year, five of the 11 French national holidays will fall on a weekend in 2011...

...but the real question is this: How is that the world capital of institutionalized vacation hasn't stumbled onto the the idea of the observed holiday?

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Saturday 23 October 2010

Strike in France!!!

greve1.jpg Read on for a view of the current French strike that is probably different from the story being fed to you by your local news source.

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