Solidarity and Fear in France
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2015
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Last week in Paris, 17 people were killed in terrorist attacks on a satirical magazine and a kosher grocery story. Yesterday, some three million angry people took to the streets all over the country. Despite that show of national unity, can France contain a backlash against Muslims…or increased anti-Semitism? What's the potential impact on the rest of Europe?
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| 0:35.7 | Will terrorism in France mean unity or division? |
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| 0:47.1 | A daily look at the issues Americans care about most. |
| 0:49.9 | Massive turnouts in Paris and other cities yesterday were a demonstration of national outrage |
| 0:54.4 | against terrorism and anti-Semitism. Already, many Jews have been leaving France, with almost |
| 0:59.6 | 5,000 security forces now assigned to guard Jewish schools and synagogues. There's also |
| 1:05.5 | concern about an anti-Muslim backlash based on fear that more young Muslims from impoverished |
| 1:10.7 | suburbs will be radicalized. |
| 1:13.0 | Will last week's violence fuel far-right political parties in France and the rest of Europe, |
| 1:18.1 | or lead to cultural dialogue? |
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