Mark Weisbrot – Sarkozy should retire, says France

From guardian.co.uk:

Sarkozy should retire, says France

By taking to the streets to defend their pension rights from regressive cuts, the French are fighting for all our benefits

Mark Weisbrot

Wednesday 20 October 2010 20.59 BST

A striker holds a CGT union flag as strikers block fuel storage depots to protest against pension reform in Frontignan, southern France. Photograph: Pascal Guyot/AFP/Getty Images

The demonstrations that have rocked France this past week highlight some of its differences from the United States. The photo here, for example shows the difference between rioting in baseball-playing versus soccer-playing countries. In the US, we would pick up the tear gas canister and throw it, rather than kick it, back at the police.

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