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FRANCE
You know how the French always take pride in their open-mindedness and won't shut up about all the sexy sex they're having with each other? Turns out they've been kind of falling short on the latter. They may have nailed down art, science, and food over the years, but it seems they've yet to come to grips with gay rights. On Sunday, thousands of protesters took to the streets of Paris to voice their disagreement with same-sex marriage and gay abortion (!) in a march organized by the Catholic group, Civitas. All was going to plan until the Ukrainian topless feminist group FEMEN turned up, dressed as nuns and carrying bottles of "sperm" that they sprayed the Civitas protesters with while chanting, "In gay we trust!"The light-hearted, peaceful fun was broken up when some French anti-gay protesters in masks turned on FEMEN, attacking them with pepper spray. As they were being chased away from the march by the masked "hardmen," FEMEN suffered a few losses, in the form of teeth and broken noses. But it's all good, 'cause they promised they'll be taking their revenge soon.
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Last Wednesday saw the first ever pan-European strike. It was coordinated by major European trade unions with hundreds of thousands attending simultaneous demonstrations across the continent to protest the austerity crisis that's crippling the south of Europe. Unsurprisingly there was fighting in Portugal, Spain, and Italy, but in most areas things had calmed down by the next day. Except in Italy.
For the last few years the Greeks have been the kings of civil disobedience in Europe. Now, slowly but surely, the Italians seem to be wresting the crown from their grasp, their demos growing in frequency and militancy. During the strike on the 14th, Italy saw some of its fiercest clashes yet, with the cities of Rome, Milan, Turin, and Bologna suffering the most. In the following days, further violence took place in Milan, when Italian PM Mario Monti showed up in town.
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