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...community organizers and volunteers from around the area, including several people from the grassroots initiative Cambridge-Somerville for Change, though few undergraduates attended. The conference broke into action groups to discuss issues ranging from “Rebuilding the Democratic Party” to “Student and Youth Organizing.” Though Nuni said the action groups did not develop concrete ideas as he had hoped they would, he said that the continued discussion was only part of the process. Elizabeth C. McKenna ’08, who worked for the Obama campaign in Ottawa County, Ohio...
Even as Greece awakened Monday to relative calm following eight days of rioting by outraged youths, French officials were moving to placate protesting students amid rising fears that violence could break out across France. Given the defiant nature of French student protests over the years - including weeks of violent demonstrations over a new youth labor contract in 2006 - concern is growing in France that the dismal economic outlook could push the current anti-reform protests into the kind of wild insurrection that has rocked Greece...
...unrest in 2006 centered on a new youth labor contract that detractors claimed handed an unfair advantage to employers. The government ultimately capitulated on the scheme, one of more than two dozen such victories French students have claimed since 2000. But while the majority of those victories came after peaceful demonstrations, France has a history of protest turning violent?student and otherwise. Some observers say the situation today is particularly volatile and unpredictable. "As in Greece and many European countries, the unions, opposition parties, and associations that usually take youth movements under their wing and organize protests in France...
...secure the victory. “Usually when you make the kind of errors we made at the end, the pressure mounts, and you roll over, and the momentum shifts,” coach Kathy Delany-Smith said. “I was really happy with our youth that we didn’t roll over and die. It’s a big win.” The Cantamounts held the momentum in the first half, as it started the game with a 14-4 run. But with some key shots by senior Katie Rollins, and sophomore Emma Markley...
...Senator Dick Durbin, are calling for his resignation, and the Illinois legislature is moving to strip him of the statutory power to name Obama's successor. Until either occurs, Obama's old seat will remain vacant. The son of a steelworker, who shined shoes and boxed in his youth, Blagojevich is nothing if not a fighter, and he has battled his way out of pinches before. But a criminal trial is a bout far above his normal weight, especially when the accused is the chief witness against himself...