Land of the Free, Home of the Brave

[marmar]

from the Guardian UK:



....(snip)....

• Tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets across Europe as strikes and demonstrations have caused widespread disruption. The main action has come in Spain, Belgium and Greece, with trade unions arguing that countries' austerity measures will have devastating consequences for jobs.

• In Spain unions said 10 million people were on strike, although the government sought to play down the numbers. Flights in and out of the country have been severely disrupted, while trains and buses were also badly affected. The country has seen skirmishes in Getafe, while in Barcelona a police car was set on fire.

• Around 50,000 people took part in demonstrations in Brussels, some way short of the 100,000 expected. Demonstrators marched through the streets toward European Union buildings in bright red, green and blue labor union jackets, aiming to reinforce the impact of Spain's first nationwide strike in eight years.

• Strikes or protests have also taken place in Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Slovenia and Lithuania. In Dublin, a man rammed a cement mixer into the gates of the Irish parliament, in an apparent protest at the country's expensive bank bailout. Written across the truck's barrel in red letters were the words: "Toxic Bank Anglo." .............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/sep/29/european-protests-strikes-budget-cuts

[Bragi]

1. Good on them! -- k&r

[Newest Reality]

2. Go for it!

Americans support you folks over there by watching as we sit, carefully sequestered and hermetically sealed in our media-driven divisions. While knowing is important, that is where we seem to draw the line, hoping that it will be enough.

Meanwhile, faint notions dance in our heads that Homeland Security might have been meant to contain us if the incessant economic pummeling we endure incites us to get out of line massively.

So, lest we become, (or be accused of being) the very terrorists we embrace in the dark corners of our manufactured fears, we regretfully decline to participate in any overt actions as a response to the Class War in progress, though it is very clear that it is almost over and we are losing.

We just can't bring ourselves to declare the surrender, yet. Proud, we are, of our delusions.