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The Bastille Day fails to live up to its motto by Dr. Habib Siddiqui
The Bastille Day is celebrated as the national day of France on 14 July each year. It is the anniversary of the Storming of the Bastille prison on 14 July 1789, a major event of the French Revolution.
Originally built as a medieval fortress, the Bastille eventually became a state prison where political prisoners were often kept. Some prisoners were held on the direct order of the king, from which there was no appeal.
Back then, Paris was in a state of economic and political turmoil. The feudal system, although weakened had not disappeared in France. The increasingly numerous and prosperous elite of wealthy commoners—merchants, manufacturers, and professionals, often called the bourgeoisie—aspired to political power. The peasants wanted to get rid of the last vestiges of feudalism so as to acquire the full rights of landowners and to be free to increase their holdings. French participation in the American Revolution had driven the government to the brink of bankruptcy. Furthermore, France, which had 26 million inhabitants in 1789 was the most populated country of Europe. A larger population created a greater demand for food and consumer goods, which made the problem most acute of all the European countries.
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Set in stone #poem by Bohdan Yuri
“Never can be told
a story set in stone,
for what the message was
may not be at all.”
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Worming #70 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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