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Ah, also I managed to run into a Gaza protest. I really just wanted to go to the Catacombs at Denfert-Rochreau but the whole plaza was packed about 4 blocks out, and there were police everywhere! It was rather insane. I snuck around taking photos, but even as an observer I was still handed tons of literature — especially by the French Communist Party.

When it came down to it, there were essentially two types of protesters in the mix — those against Western imperialism (ie: the ones shouting slogans over megaphones) and your typical protest-loving frenchman who was angling for divestment from Israel. So really, it was an interesting melange of bloody images and bulleted literature … oh and there was food everywhere!

Ah, but one last thing. You could tell some of the protesters were sad they couldn’t bash Bush anymore! I didn’t see any Obama stuff anywhere, but you could tell the American scapegoat would be missed.

Note the shoe on a stick, it was pointed towards a line of policemen at the head of the protest route.

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