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intro
medias en flammes (fr)
misunderstanding (en)
mensch in der randale (dt)
sarkozy 1
une bonne guerre (fr)
sarkozy 2
kalif anstelle des kalifen (dt)
      
LA VIE EST TRIOMPHANTE
L’IDÉAL EST MORT


The news about the riots in Paris and in the suburbs of many other French cities went around the world — after decades of police terror and discrimination it was a first taste of what exspects us if we continue to allow our society to create first and second class citizens.



In this special feature WORK|OUT reports the events and analyses its origins and effects:

How the riots started in Clichy, a Parisian suburb, october 27th, 2005:
Only a Misunderstanding by Ali M’Rabti (MIDDLEBURG)

International comparison and media coverage of the riots
Medias en flammes by Jennifer Semet (NANTES)

What’s the difference between 2005 and the “revolutions” of 1789 and 1968?
Der Mensch in der Randale by Stephan Felder (BERLIN)

Two potraits of Nicolas Sarkozy, the French Minister of Home Affairs, who supressed the riots with the usual reactionary means: punishment and surveillance:
Une bonne guerre by Gré Le Divelec (PARIS)
Kalif anstelle des Kalifen by Isaac Risco (BERLIN)