Word: habana
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...excitement is palpable among the crowd gathered in the Café Puerto Habana, a brick-walled restaurant atop the banks of the Canal du Midi in the southwestern city of Toulouse (voting pop. 400,000). Though weary from five months of volunteer work, this group of teachers, social workers, civil servants, artists and unemployed are meeting to continue preparations for a revolution: breaking the decades-old lock that traditional parties and career politicians have had on political life in Toulouse. "The aim of this goes far beyond seeking power, or the upcoming election," says Salah Amokrane, 37, head...
...citizens more say in city affairs. "Before this, I never got involved in politics beyond casting a vote, because I just didn't think I could make a difference in an insider's game," computer technician Marc Bories, 50, tells his Motivé-e-s colleagues at the Puerto Habana meeting. "In Toulouse today, we in Motivé-e-s are on the brink of making a real difference. That's something new." Not entirely, since citizens' movements have arisen elsewhere before-though none marching to quite the same music as Toulouse's Motiv...