text: The intervention inside went off peacefully and calmly. It ended as the performers processed, still singing, out of the Louvre. But at that point, things took a more sinister turn.
  As many have reported, Paris is currently a police state in the wake of the horrific terrorist attacks. The French government has used its state of emergency to crack down on all protest, particularly around the climate talks, just when it is most needed.
  So even though the six performers had done no damage, and are basically guilty only of creating art inside an art gallery, they were all arrested, plus four others who were documenting the event. Myself and my New Internationalist colleague Danny were also grabbed by the police as we exited and shoved into their cordon with the performers: we only escaped by flashing our press passes.