mardi noir

FFT is on strike today in support of the almost 3 million french protesting labor laws, aka "black tuesday."

c'est la grève, con! solidarité contre la government, sarkozy, villepin et chirac! ouste!

go watch the dreamers if you're game. here's a blog and some links:

british weblog

protest numbers: le monde graph

liberation (in french)











uk guardian

ny times headline

not to stir the pot, but the french are protesting labor laws; imagine what might happen if their government pre-emptively invaded, say, a certain sovereign middle-eastern nation ...

ok, this will be FFT's last foray into the political for a while. thanks for your patience.