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from var matinA festive demonstration in the town i live in called Draguignan home to 35 000 people in the hills about 25 miles from the sea over the first range of hills
Retraites: les images de la manifestation à Draguignan le mardi 12 octobre
Draguignan - mardi 12 octobre 2010
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A l'instar du cortège toulonnais, les manifestants ont été très mobilisés à Draguignan. Plus de 4 000 personnes ont battu le pavé de la cité dracénoise dont une forte délégation de lycéens et étudiants qui étaient environ 300. A titre de comparaison la manifestation du 23 septembre dernier avait réuni entre 3000 et 3500 personnes. A noter, la présence de 300 chimistes de la France entière venus manifester alors qu'ils étaient réunis en congrès national à Ramatuelle.
my translation
As was the case with the movement in Toulon, demonstrators were very mobilized in Draguignan (where I live). More than 4 000 people hit the streets in the dracénoise town center with a strong representation of high school and university students (small high school and tiny university with less kids than the high school). this can be compared to the demonstrations on 23 September when between 3000 and 3500 people came together. It should be noted that 300 chemists from all over france came to demonstrate because they were in Ramatuelle for a national conference.
Dylan Meiffret
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The photos are of the small town i live in in the south of France and this is what a typical demonstration looks like here, this is breaking news because it is ongoing, trains, the post office, ports, and oil raffineries are all on strike and today high school kids all over france left school, took over ports roads and railroads, set fire to garbage cans on major roads and the like. we dont want to raise our retirement age.