‘We must stay vigilant’: Defiant anti-Trump rally in Paris

Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of the French capital in a show of defiance on Saturday amid anxiety over what Donald Trump’s election to the White House will entail for immigrants, minority groups and women.

Saturday’s march aimed to unite Americans, French and other nationals who oppose Trump’s agenda and fear it will turn back the clock on progress for minorities.

“In the face of an impending Trump presidency, we cannot be complacent. We must roll up our sleeves and mobilise,” the group said in its manifesto ahead of the protest.

“We must show our willingness to fight for the protection of our rights and democratic ideals. We must say NO to racism, misogyny, Islamophobia, homophobia and transphobia, anti-Semitism, ableism, xenophobia and white nationalism. We must counter his hate with messages of tolerance, solidarity and love,” the group added. […]

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Agnes Obel and delicacy delight the Casino de Paris

 

The Danish singer Agnes Obel unveiled the sophisticated dreamlike melancholy and who lives his third album released last month, “Citizen of glass” on Tuesday night at the Casino de Paris, in a concert that offered beautiful chills.

“When I’m on stage, everything becomes different. I think of her, the public, to myself, fear of the wrong note, the obligation to sing well. All these things come upon me suddenly. The moment becomes an ordeal” […]

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Delacroix’s paintings of the Church of Saint-Sulpice visible again

After a two-year restoration campaign, cleaned the paintings of Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863) in the Saint-Sulpice church in Paris are again visible to the public, announced the City of Paris, the mayor Anne Hidalgo inaugurated Wednesday evening the end of construction. […]

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Marion Cotillard on global reaction to the US election: ‘Fear is winning’ 

Star of second world war thriller calls for artists to defend free speech, while her director Robert Zemeckis says the Trump years will be boon for TV and film industry.

“All the philosophers, thinkers and writers, who question themselves and the world, and who have the freedom of speech and freedom to express themselves, have to do it – for the ones who cannot.” […]

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