Category: France
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French Revolution: Why it failed. Why we still live in it…
“May my blood unite the French! I forgive all…” The phrase was never completed. The guilotine fell and its thud ended the life of Louis XVI, giving its place to silence. For some seconds. “Vive la démocratie” Cheers echoed across Place de la Concorde after the execution. A king had fallen. Democracy was born. But […]
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Charlie Hebdo attack: Censorship. Freedom. Respect. And why one cannot overlap with the other (yes, with RESPECT too!)
Hooded gunmen dressed in black burst into the office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo Wednesday 7/1/2015, killing 12 people in a coordinated strike and escaping onto the streets of Paris. The three suspects behind the attack have been identified, Paris Deputy Mayor Patrick Klugman told CNN. Two of them are brothers. French authorities vowed […]
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