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Paris Shopkeeper Supports Revolution

Alan Nafzger

Paris Shopkeeper Supports Revolution Until It Reaches Her Shop Activist, 19, Says Destroying Tax Base Will Expand Services PARIS — A shopkeeper who spent years demanding the overthrow of capitalism requested a limited geographical exemption yesterday after discovering that capitalism included her shop. The request was declined, as nobody had brought a map. Standing beneath a smoking awning, boutique owner Colette Marchand appealed to a crowd of student demonstrators to…

International Education

France Can’t Fund Schools but Finds Money to Detain 7,000 Protesters

Violet Woolf

French Education Ministry Discovers That Teaching Children Is Optional, While Arresting Them Is a Constitutional Necessity PARIS, FRANCE | When the French government can’t afford to educate young people, it turns out it can still afford to detain them. The Financial Times reports that more than 7,000 people have been detained during nationwide student protests over crumbling schools, teacher shortages and education funding. The Interior Ministry had already put the…

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London and Paris Itinerary

Asha Mwangi

The Official London and Paris Itinerary for People Who Pretend This Is a Relaxing Trip Travel guides promise balance. This itinerary promises honesty. Welcome to the London and Paris itinerary, a carefully structured plan designed to make you tired, opinionated, and strangely loyal to whichever city last gave you a decent chair. This is not about efficiency. This is about emotional tourism. Day One: Arrival and Immediate Regret You land in…