“Alors, donnez-moi le fromage d’aujoud’hui!”

Lección Sexta, página 19 de
El método ASSiMiL® (El nuevo francés sin esfuerzo, ed. 1983).

It’s way too early over in cheddar cheese country [Wisconsin] here in France is just about ‘noon. | Fair use of media. || Textual context regarding the images here presented will follow. Right now, labor reform for the French is about to clog some streets, so said the warning coming from the speaker on my alarm clock this morning.

updated on April 6, at 02h CET

Ushered in —no less— by the Arab Spring in Tunisia and by a Spanish anti austerity movement that marched through France and into the European Parliament in Brussels*, 2012 galloped into my life in the form of a political trifecta; three presidential elections to witness in real time [France, Mexico, and the U.S.] all of these from what is probably the heart of the diplomatic universe: Central Europe.

Naturally, as it usually goes with sectarian engagements [as opposed to an open dialog] stonewalling, depression, frustration and hilarity —in that order— would ensue.

The textual context of the image reflects two types of punditry and a very important element of any democratic process: access, transparency, and to what degree does sectarianism plays a role in shutting down an opposing viewpoint.

*
 …fast-forward to just a few hours ago, at La Place de La République, and it seems that a new version of Los Indignados, is beginning to rise —or so it seems.