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Bernard Cassen

Honorary president of ATTAC France and coordinator of its international commission, Bernard Cassen is editor and director of the Monde Diplomatique paper.

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“The ‘French’ Katrina”

by Bernard Cassen

23 November 2005

Hurricane Katrina underscored many aspects of the U.S.
social reality. The wave of violence in Paris and other
cities tells a lot about French society. We cannot speak
of a people’s uprising if we take into account the limited
number of people involved in acts of violence in
comparison (...)