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[b]December 1st 5:00 am Paris, France:[/b]

Jacques Boisvert suppressed a shiver as he made his way towards the metro trying in vain to shield his body from the ongoing downpour; winter currently besieged the "City of Lights" bombarding the populace with endless volleys of icy rain, nature seemed to almost echo the bleakness that permeated  Paris after the recent terrorist acts. While the reactionaries and revisionists that compromised the government were peddling these joint retaliatory bombings against ISIL to the public, class consciousness amongst the proletariat was only growing as it has become readily apparent that capitalism riddled with its  contradictions could no longer maintain the façade of democracy. It was rather ironic that reactionaries were fighting each other while ignoring the fact that capitalism had all ready nurtured its own gravediggers and it was inevitable that the workers would seize the means of production from the bourgeoisie.   

Jacques could not help smiling  as he was confident that his comrades (mostly compromised of leftist students) agitating within the Paris Métropolitain and other public transportation sectors had sufficiently radicalized enough of the workers to organize wildcat strikes outside of the capitalist approved unions. If successful these strikes would act as the proverbial springboard into rectifying not only the failures of May '68, but also those of the short lived Paris Commune. 

A buzzing in his pocket indicating that his throwaway cellphone had received a text-message interrupted Jacques' thoughts, he did not need to look at the correspondence to know what it said as it was merely a signal to those participating in this day of action indicating at least to Jacques that a specter has returned to haunt Europe.

[center][b]Unions Call Foul After "Wildcat Strikes" Cripple Transportation Services Across Paris[/b] - Tad Ward, [i]Reuters[/i][/center]
Representatives of major French transportation unions today publicly denounced December 1st's string of strikes seemingly organized by the workers of the Paris Metro. Union officials claim that outside agitators are behind the strikes that have ground public transportation within Paris to a halt. The strikers have yet to release any demands and it's unclear how long these strikes will continue. Experts are concerned that a prolonged strike could do untold damage to the local economy if they enter into a prolonged state or spread into other industries. President François Hollande has called for unity in these troubled times, but has yet to publicly condemn the strikers. We will continue to report on this story as it develops.