Archive for the ‘Europe’ Category
2007 G8 German Summit
June 2007 saw some of the largest mobilisations against the G8 summit for many years. This week ReportDigital has uploaded 11 rushes from the week long protests and road blockades in Rostock and Heligendamm, Germany.
Rostock: Protests 1 - Rostock: Protests 2
Rostock: Riot Police Charge - Rostock: Missiles - Rostock: Watercannons - Rostock: Arrests
Block G8 1 - Block G8 2 - Block G8 3
Heligendamm: West Gate 1 - Heligendamm: West Gate 2
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© Jason N. Parkinson/reportdigital.co.uk
2011 Review
Egypt: The Battle of Mohamed Mahmoud
The video review of 2011, the Egyptian Revolution – the Day of Rage, the Night of Rage, the Battle for the Interior Ministry, the Battle for Cairo – Los Indignados “Democracia Real Ya“occupation of Madrid’s Puerta del Sol, the IMF riots in Athens, the London riots of Tottenham, Hackney and the Enfield vigilantes, the Dale Farm eviction and back to Egypt for the for the protests and riots against SCAF, the military controlled interim government.
Jess Hurd 2011 Review Photo Slideshow.
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Images of a Greek Revolution: After The Riots
I met John, an electrical engineer, in Syntagma Square where he had joined the protest camp. Over several days he told me bits about his life and how the austerity cuts had already personally affected him, losing 700 euros in two separate pay cuts from his monthly pay cheque of around 2000 euros.
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Images of a Greek Revolution
Wednesday 15 June 2011 saw the 17th general strike in Greece since the beginning of the economic crisis, this time in protest of the second wave of IMF-enforced austerity cuts and demand a new government.
Around 500,000 people gathered to march on Syntagma Square to join the protest to surround and blockade parliament, as politicians of both parties slogged out the bailout agreement inside. Police for the second time ever used metal fences to barricade the side streets around the building and stop the protest. As anger ensued at the denial of protest police used tear gas and concussion grenades to disperse the growing crowds.
As molotovs hit, trying to breach the police lines at the front of parliament, right wing nationalist protestors turned on anarchists in an attempt to protect the parliament building.
On the south side of the square riot police then instigated incursions into the square, attacking the peaceful protest camp and drawing attention away from parliament. Turning the entire southern end of Syntagma into a battleground for more than seven hours also succeeded in halting the protest march, which never made it into the square. If it had the blockade of parliament would surely have succeeded.
One new weapon I had never witnessed before were the smaller multiple explosion concussion grenades, the first explosion, which I initially thought had blown the end of my right foot off, pushes the grenade into the air towards upper body and faces, then the repeat explosions go off. The disorientation is immense, contact with the grenade on explosion causing burns, how severe depends on how close it is to your body. Tear gas strength also increased, a dirty brown cloud of gas causing immense pain on contact with skin.
According to locals the June 15 general strike will be remembered as the worst riots the city has seen for three years.
Video – Greek General Strike: Athens March 2010
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IMF Out! Athens Short
A short video taster from some of the footage shot yesterday, Wednesday 15 June 2001, as thousands of protestors took to the streets, trying to surround and blockade parliament during the Athens general strike against IMF enforced austerity measures and what is seen a corrupt political system, a one party state masquerading as a two party state, an opinion that is sweeping across Europe in the form of mass street protest.
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