[lbo-talk] Mass rally against gay marriage held in Paris

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On Jan 15, 2013, at 12:13 AM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote:


> [WS:] You are probably right.  OTOH, I find it rather disturbing that
> a right wing demo attracts some 350k followers, the largest demo in
> France in some 20 years.  I wish that so many people were in the
> streets to protest neoliberalism.

It is far from being the largest demonstration in 20 years.

http://archives-lepost.huffingtonpost.fr/article/2009/01/29/1404797_greve-du-29-janvier-en-corteges-et-en-chiffres.html

http://www.ina.fr/fresques/jalons/fiche-media/InaEdu01101/manifestation-a-paris-le-1er-mai-2002-contre-jean-marie-le-pen.html
500,000 in Paris, 1,5 million combined.

And there are plenty other examples.

But that's about the max the right can gather so we should not worry too much.

Jean-Christophe