Last June, I did a little commemoration for Clément Meric, an
anti-racist campaigner who was murdered by racist thugs in Paris. You can see
my posting about him here;
When I was in Belleville it was good to see that Clément is
not forgotten;
These posters are a common sight around the streets.
Meanwhile up in Belleville, artists have reclaimed some of
the empty shopfronts and have used the boxes that used to hold the shop blinds
as a place to make artworks, like memory boxes;
Here there is a photo of Édith Piaf as well as ‘Touche pas a
mon pote’ (Don’t touch my Friend), which was the title of a Working Week song and
the slogan of a massive antiracist campaign in France in the late 1980’s/early
1990’s.
Like I said, good ghosts.
Neil Harris
(a don’t stop till you drop production)
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