Tag: Politics
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Paris IV: Les Manifestations
I knew yesterday was going to be an interesting day. Public transportation was largely going to be shut down, and massive protests were scheduled: France was doing la grève. The eight largest union conglomerates had come together to organize a national strike in response to Sarkozy’s response to the financial crisis. For background, check out…
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How I felt on November 4th, 2008
I am writing this post partially as a diary post; I want to be able to look back on what I was thinking when Barack Obama was elected President: I started off the day by skipping two out of three of my classes to help organize and participate in our phone bank. We made over…
George Altshuler 