|
|||||
 I have been there an hour ago and explosions, smoke,people running and screaming, molotovs cocktails police and riots were occuring in Madrid center. Some photos right here… http://www.libertaddigital.com/multimedia/galerias/huelga-general-14n/ http://www.elmundo.es/ Over 140 people arrested, dozens injured in Spain as mass protests sweep across Europe Over 140 people have been arrested and 74 injured, including 43 police officers, as Spanish police react swiftly to reports of property damage and disorderly behavior while mass protests that began in [...] Congressman Predicts Economic Riots in America According to Rep. John Fleming, we won’t be getting out of the woods anytime soon, especially with Obama at the helm. “It looks like we’re going to have to go through the same or similar pain [as Greece] to get real reforms,” the Louisiana Republican told the Daily Caller on Sunday. He said that if the current economic trend is not reversed, “what’s going to happen is [...] Youths have clashed with the Athens police force, pelting officers with stones and petrol bombs during an anti-austerity march. More than 20,000 people have gathered in the Greek capital in a 24-hour strike against wage and pension cuts. Anti-austerity activists faced down police officers, throwing Molotov cocktails and rocks in the center of Athens. Police responded firing teargas into the group of adolescents to disperse them. DETAILS TO FOLLOW. http://rt.com/news/athens-greece-police-clash-706/ Live stream: http://www.aganaktismenoi.com/index.php/live-streaming-.html
Hundreds of youths [...] Roubini: Europe Situation May Turn Disorderly
Farage: We face the prospect of mass civil unrest, even revolution Thousands march in Paris against austerity PARIS – Thousands of demonstrators marched peacefully Sunday in Paris to denounce austerity measures in Europe that have sparked violent protests in other EU countries struggling to avert fiscal crises. The march, organized largely by the Left Front party and the Communists, comes before the French parliament’s debate this week on [...] Police fired stun grenades and tear gas at protesters yesterday as tens of thousands poured into the streets of Athens as part of a nationwide strike to challenge a new round of austerity measures that are expected to cut wages, pensions and healthcare once again. Dozens of youths, some masking their faces with helmets and T-shirts, hurled Molotov cocktails and rocks at police who fired back in an effort to scatter [...] UPDATE: POLICE TELLING NEWS CREWS TO LEAVE AREA DUE TO “NATIONAL SECURITY” IN MADRID AT ANTI-AUSTERITY PROTESTS Photos Of The Giant Protests Rocking Greece And Spain Discontent in Spain and Greece is rising.
Greece’s two largest labor unions went on strike today, disrupting flight and train services and forcing hospitals to depend on emergency staff. This is the first general strike in Greece since the coalition government came to power. Protestors gathering around the Greek [...] CNN Minor scuffles broke out Wednesday between protesters and police in Athens as thousands of Greeks took to the streets to protest new austerity measures that critics describe as draconian. The daylong general strike is the first called by unions since Greece’s new coalition government was formed in June and comes amid an economic crisis and huge national debt. Police spokesman Panagiotis Papapetropoulos told CNN that some protesters had thrown Molotov [...] Discontent in Spain and Greece is rising.
Greece’s two largest labor unions went on strike today, disrupting flight and train services and forcing hospitals to depend on emergency staff. This is the first general strike in Greece since the coalition government came to power. Protestors gathering around the Greek Parliament in Athens, throwing Molotov cocktails at the riot police but have been pushed out of the main square now, according to BBC. Click here to [...] A rally in the Greek capital turned violent when protesters in Syntagma Square lobbed Molotov cocktails at police, who retaliated by firing tear gas at the demonstrators – READ MORE http://on.rt.com/6zcksh Krauthammer on Mideast Turmoil: “What We Are Seeing Is the Meltdown, Collapse of Obama Policy in Muslim World” (Video) Charles Krauthammer nails it. The smoke bombs and molotov cocktails in the background are his exclamation point. When asked his thoughts on today’s turmoil in the Mideast Charles responded, “What we’re seeing there on the screen is the meltdown, the collapse of Obama policy in the Muslim World…. What we’re seeing now is an [...] Protesters continue to rally outside the US Embassy in Cairo. Demonstrators are attacking police with stones and Molotov cocktails, while security forces fired tear gas and warning shots into the crowd. Over 220 demonstrators have been injured and at least 12 others arrested so far. http://rt.com/on-air/cairo-clashes-us-embassy/ by ZH
Two months ago, we warned that while the world had decided to blissfully move on from last year’s topic #1, the MENA revolutions, and specifically the massive power vacuum left in their wake, things in the region were far from fixed. Quite the contrary, and as we added back then “it is very likely that the Mediterranean region, flanked on one side by the broke European countries of Greece, Italy, Spain (and [...] Demonstrators clash with police for third day Outside the Bahrain Grand Prix groups of masked protestors chanting anti-government slogans set piles of tyres ablaze and hurled Molotov cocktails into the air. But it was business as usual inside the circuit at Sakhir as Sebastian Vettel held off Kimi Raikkonenannual to win the race. It [...] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzmFzVXrIpQ Photos show Greek riot police beating up and kicking Greek protestors whilst semi and unconscious on the ground: Instead of defaulting a long time ago (when we first suggested it should) when it could have pulled an Iceland, taken a bitter pill, hyperinflated the drachma and in the process delevered overnight, if at a big social cost of losing its welfare safety net (which it is about to lose anyway courtesy of the PSI and OSI), and not be held captive to bigger geopolitical interests, and hostage to the banker superclass, Greece [...] (NYT) A Fire Department official on Monday said it was fortunate that the damage was minimal from a series of arson attacks across eastern Queens on Sunday night that the police were investigating as a possible bias crime against Muslims. “It was a good night for the F.D.N.Y. and the people of south Jamaica,” said the official, Lt. Chris Corbin, as he stood outside the scene of one of the attacks, [...] Andrew Theodorakis/New York Daily News Police and firefighters are on the scene after Molotov cocktails were hurled at the Imam Al-Khoei Islamic Center on 90th Ave. in Jamaica, Queens, and ignited a fire. Police are handling the incident as a possible hate crime. Cops are investigating a rash of Molotov cocktail attacks in Queens late Sunday, including one on an Islamic mosque and another that set off a major house fire. Police are [...]
From FT: Egypt’s military rulers accused pro-democracy demonstrators of being part of a “systematic plan to destroy” the country as clashes between the security services and angry youths continued for a fourth day on Monday. At least 12 people, all civilians, have been killed in the violence said to have started on Friday when soldiers savagely beat up an activist in a protest camp blocking a road leading to the prime minister’s office.
Doctors say [...] Paul Craig Roberts Every day that passes adds to the fraudulent image of what is called Western democracy. Sarkozy and Merkel meet with Greece’s Prime Minister Papandreou at a G20 summit in Cannes. Consider that the entire Western world is outraged that the Greek prime minister announced that he is going to permit the Greek people to decide their own fate instead of having it decided for them by a [...] Every day that passes adds to the fraudulent image of what is called Western democracy. Sarkozy and Merkel meet with Greece’s Prime Minister Papandreou at a G20 summit in Cannes. Consider that the entire Western world is outraged that the Greek prime minister announced that he is going to permit the Greek people to decide their own fate instead of having it decided for them by a handful of banksters, politicians, and [...] CAIRO — Activists and bloggers are pressing Egypt’s military rulers to investigate growing accusations of abuses against protesters, including claims that soldiers subjected female detainees to so-called “virginity tests.” Bloggers said they would hold a day of online protest Wednesday to voice their outrage. Amnesty International raised the accusations of virginity tests in a May report. It said 18 female protesters held in military detention after a March 9 [...] by ZH Some refuse to pay increased highway tolls and public transport tickets. There has been a rise in politicians being heckled and even assaulted. Yesterday, in Thessalonika, scores of activists were arrested after violent clashes with police.” Meet the new and improved face of austerity: now in a small town in Greece, which is about to default all over again, and soon in many other [...] A molotov cocktail was launched in front of the US consulate in Rio de Janeiro late Friday in protest of the arrival of President Barack Obama, the O Globo newspaper in Rio reported. Military police reacted by firing rubber bullets into the gathering of 200 at around 18:30 local time. A CBN news reporter suffered a minor injury from the shots and traffic was blocked. “They [...] |
Custom Search
    |
||||
|
Copyright © 2013 InvestmentWatch - All Rights Reserved |
|||||
