The Walls Are Talking
Every time I go to France, I like to take the pulse of the population and to sound out current issues. Graffiti and stickers can be found everywhere, and these little words written or stuck on urban fragments tell a lot about how people feel.
A lot of these stickers are given by far-left political parties, including the Fédération anarchiste and the Ligue communiste révolutionnaire, which are still quite active in France. Some are anonymous and quite witty. They promote social justice and oppose political and social establishments.
I also noticed quite a few stickers promoting Brittany’s independence and the use of the regional language, Breton.
You can follow our French trip here on Flickr: France (2010).
 Consume, you will be a man |
 For your security, no more freedom |
 Police everywhere and no justice |
 Legalization of all illegals |
 Solidarity with Palestinians |
 Police everywhere and no justice |
 No Sarkozy day |
 Hunt them down! Out, fascists! |
 In Breton! Breton is a modern language! (written in Breton) |
 All together to fight back against the labour world |
 Unemployed people on strike, gathering every week |
 Privatizing the post office? You gotta be crazy! |
 Loire-Atlantique belongs to Brittany |
 Poster against nuclear weapons |
Unemployed Strike Poster on a Staffing Agency Window (Nantes)
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la lucha continua
is your home in the brittany area?
Ah, Breton is actually related to Welsh and Cornish?
There’s also Gaelic in Scotland.
In the Highlands, road signs are written bilingually in Gaelic and English.
But in Wales, most signs are bilingual.
Apparently, it’s a stronghold of Welsh.
Yeah, it’s a delicate balance between security and freedom…
I think Chinese generally value security over freedom…
i love all the stickers and posters you found. even if you disagree with them, they make you think. someone once said– i should look up the exact quote– the superior mind is able to accept two points of view.
after all, a society is only as strong as its protections for its least powerful citizens; Liberté, égalité, fraternité shpuld apply to everyone…
except of course, illegals, al-qaida, old people, minorities, fascists, gays, redheads, taliban, fatties, children, anarchists, poor people, men with egg-shaped heads, druggies, muslims, prostitutes, murderers, modern artists, smokers, white-wine drinkers, bretons, people who wear polyester, foreigners with unpronounceable names, women, idiots, people with peugeots (also idiots), mutes, korn and curly-haired people with red shoes who use cellphones in public.