2000 years of Parisian occupations, and of resistance to occupations. Michel Serres’ term “soft pollution” describes the “tsunamis of signs, images, and logos flooding rural, civic, public and natural spaces.” Will “fluctuat nec mergitur” prove itself an apposite motto for Paris, or has the global corporate flood drowned all possibilities of resistance? The spectacle is the moment when the commodity has attained the total occupation of social life. - Guy DebordTumblr (3.0; @semiopath)http://semiopath.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m75k0zYzur1r8qltuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Nicolas de Condorcet (1743–1794) </strong></p> <p><span></span><span>Enlightenment philosopher & mathematician, defender of human rights. Condorcet advocated for free public education, woman’s suffrage and the abolition of slavery. A leader in the 1789 revolution, he became secretary of the new Assembly. Opposed to the death penalty, he voted against the execution of the king, which led to his arrest as a traitor. </span></p>http://semiopath.tumblr.com/post/27191524421http://semiopath.tumblr.com/post/27191524421Sat, 14 Jul 2012 15:26:00 +0200French RevolutionPublic EducationThe Enlightenmentécole laïqueCondorcet<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m75jremHBY1r8qltuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://semiopath.tumblr.com/post/27191352145http://semiopath.tumblr.com/post/27191352145Sat, 14 Jul 2012 15:21:00 +0200console corbelswrought iron balconiesherseMc D's<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m69zssxLcH1r8qltuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://semiopath.tumblr.com/post/25996178542http://semiopath.tumblr.com/post/25996178542Wed, 27 Jun 2012 14:24:28 +0200shell of Saint JamesMc D's<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m67zcrsQ701r8qltuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://semiopath.tumblr.com/post/25919788039http://semiopath.tumblr.com/post/25919788039Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:19:00 +0200hersekeystone corbelpedimentwrought iron balconiesMc D's<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5wmm8YOps1r8qltuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Berty Albrecht (1893-1943) </strong></p> <p><span></span><span>Feminist activist, co-creator of the French resistance movement </span><em>Combat </em><span>in 1941, Albrecht escapes a first arrest in 1942. Captured by the Gestapo in May 1943, she is taken to the Fort Mont-Valérien. On the day of her incarceration, she hangs herself in her cell. </span></p>http://semiopath.tumblr.com/post/25492827351http://semiopath.tumblr.com/post/25492827351Wed, 20 Jun 2012 09:10:00 +0200Mont-ValérienFresnesMouvement de Libération FrançaiseMLFCombatBerty Albrecht<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5vh9wLBKL1r8qltuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://semiopath.tumblr.com/post/25438780132http://semiopath.tumblr.com/post/25438780132Tue, 19 Jun 2012 18:17:00 +0200Latin QuarterPanthéonThe Phone House<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5tsthAfc41r8qltuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://semiopath.tumblr.com/post/25375676234http://semiopath.tumblr.com/post/25375676234Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:32:00 +0200Pedimentornamental keystonewrought iron balconiesBest Western<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5q2fzJoay1r8qltuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://semiopath.tumblr.com/post/25237138639http://semiopath.tumblr.com/post/25237138639Sat, 16 Jun 2012 20:09:00 +0200cornicewrought iron balconiesSébastopolcorbelKFCKentucky<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5pchqO89G1r8qltuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>René Char (1907-1988)</strong></p> <p>Surrealist Poet. In 1940, Char joined the resistance and in 1946 published his fragmented notes, written during his days as a network leader in Provence. The transcript, published as a prose poem titled les “Feuillets d’Hypnos”, stands as one of the most extraordinary personal accounts of the resistance to Nazism.</p>http://semiopath.tumblr.com/post/25216456017http://semiopath.tumblr.com/post/25216456017Sat, 16 Jun 2012 10:49:00 +0200René Char<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5paerSViI1r8qltuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://semiopath.tumblr.com/post/25215366704http://semiopath.tumblr.com/post/25215366704Sat, 16 Jun 2012 10:04:00 +0200HSBCdimension stonessculpted corbelsvermiculationwrought iron balconiesrue Étienne de La Boétie<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5nxeeq1pq1r8qltuo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://semiopath.tumblr.com/post/25158858881http://semiopath.tumblr.com/post/25158858881Fri, 15 Jun 2012 16:25:00 +0200Haussmann façadecorniced balconymansard roofpiano nobileC and A<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5nkw1lQLS1r8qltuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://semiopath.tumblr.com/post/25151535134http://semiopath.tumblr.com/post/25151535134Fri, 15 Jun 2012 11:55:00 +0200console corbelswrought iron balconiesdimension stonesornamental keystoneT. Sporrer SculpteurA. Hermant Architecte - 1873FedEx<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5g69dITn81r8qltuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>18 Juin 1940</strong></p> <p>Date <span>of the speech by the general de Gaulle, emitted from London by the BBC, calling out for the French to resist against the occupation. It marks the beginning of the French resistance during World War II and established de Gaulle as the leader of the </span><span>Free French Forces.</span></p>http://semiopath.tumblr.com/post/24876894102http://semiopath.tumblr.com/post/24876894102Mon, 11 Jun 2012 11:56:00 +020018 Juin 1940Appel à la résistancegénéral de GaulleFrance libre<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5g61hkQi71r8qltuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://semiopath.tumblr.com/post/24876792971http://semiopath.tumblr.com/post/24876792971Mon, 11 Jun 2012 11:51:17 +0200console corbelsdimension stonesRéaumurcornice moldingdecorative steel lintelsUPS<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m59owssr1c1r8qltuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://semiopath.tumblr.com/post/24634858377http://semiopath.tumblr.com/post/24634858377Thu, 07 Jun 2012 23:55:00 +0200Starbucksneoclassical ionic columnsornamental keystonewrought iron balconiesconsole corbels<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m557blFmr11r8qltuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://semiopath.tumblr.com/post/24466396732http://semiopath.tumblr.com/post/24466396732Tue, 05 Jun 2012 13:45:21 +02001930'sreinforced concreteHard Rock Café<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m53gg84Gvt1r8qltuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Geneviève (423-502)</strong></p> <p>A strong and courageous character, young Geneviève led the Parisian resistance against Attila-the-Hun and his fearsome army during the 451 siege of Paris, convincing the population not to abandon the city to the invaders. Defeated, the Huns retreated back to the east.</p>http://semiopath.tumblr.com/post/24400495649http://semiopath.tumblr.com/post/24400495649Mon, 04 Jun 2012 15:07:00 +0200Sainte GenevièveEmpire of the HunsAttilaResistance<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m53fumZlxd1r8qltuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://semiopath.tumblr.com/post/24400128889http://semiopath.tumblr.com/post/24400128889Mon, 04 Jun 2012 14:54:00 +0200Domino'sdimension stoneswrought iron balconieskeystone corbel<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly6q02nTXh1r8qltuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://semiopath.tumblr.com/post/16273644070http://semiopath.tumblr.com/post/16273644070Sat, 21 Jan 2012 06:31:00 +0100HSBCNespressoRue Bonaparteornamental corbelsdimension stones<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxymf3sT2F1r8qltuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://semiopath.tumblr.com/post/16019608419http://semiopath.tumblr.com/post/16019608419Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:33:00 +0100ocular windowsornamental keystoneconsole corbelsHSBC