Under the roofs of Paris. On November 15, French President Nicolas Sarkozy will either sign or reject the law on pension reform, which, despite protests, adopted the parliament of the republic. On November 6, trade unions promise to again bring half a million people to the streets. Every day of strikes, the country costs the country of € 200-400 million.

Unresolved problems are fraught with social explosion Are you ready for the explosion? Having seen enough of their customs, The New Times decided to find out from the experts what social mines are laid down in our Fatherland. It turned out - a lot On October 7, 2010, the youth of Primorye requires jobs and a decent salary “The reasons for people to go outside, above the roof,” I am sure Karin Cleman, Director of the Institute of Social Action.

Moscow modes entered the triumphal square Epic Hero collective blog blogs tell: ## hipster breakthrough This coffee for Strategy-31, the Epic Hero blog editorial office in full force visited a rally on the triumphal square and hurries to tell you how it was all. First of all, as can be seen from the photo above, many hipers heeded the advice that we gave yesterday morning, and came to the square with coffee from Starbax.

* What makes people take to the streets to protest? Mass layoffs like in the UK in 2010, election fraud like in Iran in 2009, cuts in unemployment benefits like in Germany in 2004 . In France in the fall of 2010, citizens were outraged by the government's plans to raise the retirement age by two years, and in October 4 million people took to the streets of French cities . And this is not the end - trade unions promise mass strikes in early November.

Police chains drove everyone to an agreed rally. Even bystanders

A rally on the Triumphal Square for the first time in Moscow without mass detentions Igor Podgorny : On October 31, disagreed and disagreed on the triumphal square in Moscow were protested. One, as it were, allowed the rally, the others were not allowed. For some, a scene with speakers was equipped, others chose to stay "beyond" (we would not go to the corral).

For the fourth time, the “Return of Names”, organized by the International Society “Memorial”, was held on Lubyanskaya Square in Moscow. On October 29, from 10 a.m. to 10 pm, people came to the rostrum installed by the boulder, twenty years ago brought from the Solovetsky Islands. They read the names and surnames of those shot in 1937-1938 in Moscow. Surname, name, patronymic, age, profession, date of execution.

The world marvels at the passion of the French for demonstrations. Just like we French, we are surprised that in Russia opposition actions on Triumfalnaya Square in Moscow are regularly banned. How weak is such a government if it is afraid of not bearing the burden of a small demonstration of discontented citizens? But this is the most beautiful manifestation of real democracy along with the right to vote! But perhaps France is “sick” with its own sense of protest? No.

October 31, Moscow At the end of the rally, riot police began to push citizens to the subway. Part of the rally participants went down the Garden Ring, arranging a procession.

Why the Russians endure silently Neither for sausage, nor for freedom. It seems that there are plenty of reasons for large -scale protests in Russia. Only there are almost no protests. Why are we silent - asked The New Times, “Only specific social upheavals at one separate point of space can raise a protest,” said Stanislav Belkovsky, president of the Institute of National Strategy. According to the political scientist, no laws and government initiatives will force people to rebel in Russia.

Contents Return of memory Citizens and lambs of French lesson Irina Popova, Jean-Mark Borelli, Sergey Khazov Mins under stability unresolved problems are fraught with social explosion Natalya Alyakrinskaya, Margarita Vodianova, Dmitry Dokuchaev can you go to the square?

Protest chronicles Demonstration at the Presidential Palace in Buenos Aires in December 2001. They are not lambs, lambs-not they December 2001, Argentina: the economy entered in the 40th month of recession and crisis. To stop the leakage of capital, the government froze the bank deposits of the population. A wave of strikes and anti -government manifestations swept through the country. For four months - more than two thousand “potted riots”.

Selected places from the correspondence of the opposition with the authorities The material was prepared by Oleg Kozyrev and Yegor Mostovshchikov