Global Revolt

Egypt: police stifle democracy protests

pastor2 — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:22:01 +0000

Read BBC story here

Bossnapping wave continues in France

pastor2 — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:40:16 +0000

Bosses from Sony, Caterillar, 3M now Scapa have been apprehended during sit-ins and other anti-redundancy protests. 3 British execs are now in working class custody.

Read Times story here

Moldova: last Stalinist enclave in Europe is about to collapse

pastor2 — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:43:38 +0000

Read AFP story here

Mass anti-government protests in Thailand

pastor2 — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:35:33 +0000

Thousands of red-shirted Thai citizens have rallied in the capital, Bangkok, to protest against the government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, who came to power four months ago. See BBC picture slideshow here.

See BBC story here

Axed workers stage payout our protest

pastor2 — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:31:23 +0000

Read BBC story here

G20 protest death sparks outrage online

pastor2 — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:18:03 +0000

Read the Guardian story plus video here

Mammoth Tamil protest in London

pastor2 — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:06:49 +0000

Read AFP story here

Hundreds of thousands rally in Rome to protest economic policies

pastor2 — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 12:43:58 +0000

The police said 200,000, CGIL said more than 2 million. In any case a huge mobilisation.

Read UPI story here

“Strasbourg state of siege made trouble inevitable” – Besancenot

pastor2 — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:44:11 +0000

Saturday, April 04, 2009

STRASBOURG, France – Police fired tear gas and water cannons in clashes with demonstrators yesterday as NATO leaders gathered for a summit in this eastern French city and over the border in Germany.

Officials said two officers were slightly injured, apparently by a firework, during several hours of sparring between riot police and hardcore protesters near an anti-NATO camp on the outskirts of Strasbourg.

The protesters tried but failed to get to the heavily protected venues of the summit talks, protected in huge city centre security zones behind metal barriers and thousands of riot officers.

A coalition of groups has organised a march that is expected to draw tens of thousands of people today to protest against the summit, western policy and NATO’s military operations.

The gathering of NATO’s 28 member states, attended by leaders including US President Barack Obama, marks its 60th anniversary and is also focused on beefing up the alliance’s operations in strife-torn Afghanistan.
Groups such as the German-based Anti-Nato Koordination say they are against the “imperialism and military barbarism that NATO represents.”

With around 25,000 police on standby ahead of Saturday’s march, protesters have repeatedly failed to make it to the locked-down centre of Strasbourg.

Protesters said yesterday’s trouble kicked off after around a hundred people dressed as clowns were turned back to the camp.

A similar number of Black Block militants – masked, black-clad protesters who are known for clashing with security forces at summits around the world – then barricaded the camp with waste-bins and wood posts which they set on fire.

Around a hundred police officers responded by charging the protesters and used water cannons and tear gas to bring them under control.

However, police in most other areas avoided confrontation with the anti-NATO protesters, and did not make any arrests – in contrast with Thursday, when 300 people were detained and a German photographer was injured.

French far-left leader Olivier Besancenot blasted the “state of siege” in Strasbourg, saying it had made trouble unavoidable.

- Jamaica Observer

Police attack peaceful demonstrators in G20 climate camp, 1 April 2009

pastor2 — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:37:01 +0000