By: Frank Cadenhead<\/p>\n
There is an ongoing protest movement called Nuit Debout<\/em> in Paris and in other cities around France. Like \u201cOccupy Wall Street\u201d is is mainly frustrated young people. The name “Nuit debout” has been translated into English as “Up All Night\u201d, “Standing Night\u201d, or “Rise up at night.\u201d Young people in the thousands gather in Paris at the Place de la R\u00e9publique each night since the movement began on March 31.<\/p>\n It was an immediate response to a proposed modification to France\u2019s labor laws which would make it easier for employers to fire employees, a difficult process and a problem for prospective new business in France. The government\u2019s proposal immediately was opposed by labor unions and other left politicians and groups. Protesters with a variety of other social issues immediately joined the movement. The street protests, which have sometimes turned violent, has lead to this permanent nighttime occupation of one of the most important junctions in Paris.<\/p>\n A young oboist, Cl\u00e9ment Lafargue, had an idea for musicians to gather to play Dvorak\u2019s Symphony No. 9, \u201cFrom the New World,\u201d<\/em> as an act of hope. The call went out on social media and on the designated night, April 21, some 350 musicians, both professional and amateur, showed up. After only a couple of hours of rehearsal, the symphony was played. A Youtube sample shows that enthusiasm can trump detail:<\/p>\n