100 yrs ago today, Jean Jaurès, Socialist parliamentarian, assassinated for trying to make a last-ditch peace deal w/ Germany. #Jaures2014
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@ChMadar The murderer, a right-wing ultra-nationalist, was later acquitted and Jaurès' widow forced to pay his legal expenses.#Jaures20141 reply 5 retweets 0 likes -
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But Jaurès was soon rehabilitated. His remains were interred in the Panthéon in 1924.
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Today, every town in France has a street or a plaza named after Jean Jaurès.
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In 1977, Jacques Brel recorded "Jaurès" w/ refrain "Ask yourself why they killed Jaurès!" http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xtvvr8_jacques-brel-jaures-1977_music … A heartbreaker.
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Here are the lyrics, in English, of Brel's great radical anthem "Jaurès": http://lyricstranslate.com/en/jaures-jaures.html-0 … #Jaures2014
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