MAY 26 ANTI-BUSH PROTEST IN PARIS, FRANCE
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On May 26, 2002, George W. Bush, America's Supreme Court selected President, was in Paris, France to meet the recently democratically re-elected French President Jacques Chirac.

Concerned individuals and groups from all over the world mobilized to voice their feelings about the policies of the government headed by Bush. Up to 10,000 people were on hand to vent their frustrations and anger about the Bush's treatment of issues such as the war on whatever, the crisis in the Middle East, the environment, and world trade.

Gathering at Place de la Republique under heavy rain, the march continued to Place de la Bastille where they were greeted by blue skies and big, white, fluffy clouds. From Bastille, the protesters finished their march at Place de la Nation, where they danced to music, shared food and drink, discussed their opinions with fellow protesters, and dreamed of a better world.

Let us all hope that, like the march that began miserably with cold, pouring rain yet ended under sunny skies and good spirits, our world currently gripped by fear and suffering from exploitation of its resources and peoples will eventually see the light of a brighter day.

Another example of this interactivity is a video report we did for Independent Media Center. We were asked to do two versions of a report about protests in Paris against the use of military attacks in response to the events of September 11, 2001. One report was destined for broadcast during IndyMedia's Newsreal show while the other was to be featured exclusively on the internet

Wanting to take full advantage of the internet's interactive possibilities as well as separate the internet TV experience from regular TV, we decided to extend the internet report by adding complete interviews with three of the participants of the protest. These interviews can be accessed by clicking on the "talking heads" icons found to the right of the video.

For the internet version, we also added subtitling, as all the interviews are in French, that wouldn't get garbled during the video compression process. These subtitles are seen as clear and readable text in the white space directly below the video image.

To watch the internet version of the video report, click here.

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