It seems quite clear from pictures on Sky News & BBC News24 (15:00) that the police are preparing for violent actionagainst the protestors. Riot gear is being broken out and ambulances are on stand by.

I was in the world bank at 1:40 and when we leaved the place, police was deliberately blocking the peaceful crowd with a very provocative attitude.

fascists! they love violence.

Actually, I think it is the "protesters" who are the fascists. Most people just want to go to work peacefully. What gives these idiots the right to disrupt everything? Who cares about their silly opinions? They are selfish, spoilt fools with no respect for others.

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Real fascism is about exercising significant power over society. Protesters by definition lack the ultimate power needed to coerce an entire populace, which by definition is what state fascism does.

Before, during and after Mayday, coercive power remains the prerogative of the UK state and is actually being employed right now by the police on its behalf.

Protesters in this case are exercising a democratic right to voice their opinion and build support for steering a different economic and social course than the one that has been set by global capitalism. To compare one day of protest with fascism is inaccurate, but it also flippant and demonstrates selfish concerns. Todays protesters in London are not a threat to society but they do want to change it for the better, for the good of future generations and with the informed consent of the people.

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No. These people have no interest in making the world a better place. They are angry and frustrated with their own sad lives. Why is this? It may be for a number of reasons, but it doesn't justify destroying central London for a day to get it off their chests.

Admit it. 90% of these protesters are just junkies and layabouts who contribute nothing to this society. They probably would struggle to explain to you what capitalism IS, let alone why we should get rid of it. And what should we put in its place? Not communism of course....but er.....er.....well they don't seem to know.

So we smash everything up and then just sit in the rubble...is that the idea?

Sounds fantastic....

No it is exactly people like you who have no right to complain. Self-appointed guardians and apologists for the status quo(read: the state, the "free economy" of capitalism, fascism, civilization) you perpetuate "business as usual" as usual. Go to work, go home, get ready for work, don't complain, don't question, be "nice", clean. The world outside your bureaucracy, your school, your job, your church, your country, your clique, your little cubicle, your brain is an inconvenience you would like to hygienically clean. Crawl back in your hole little toadie. And watch your back.

You wrote: "the status quo(read: the state, the "free economy" of capitalism, fascism, civilization)"

You equate any form of civilization with fascism it seems. This seems to suggest that all forms of civilization are harmful and oppressive. Is that what you believe? What would you replace this fascistic civilization with? Shall we just return to the jungle?

All religions are wrong, all systems, all structures.......so what do we have without them? Your ideas are nihilistic, impractical and childish.

The enemy is selfishness. Our own selfishness. Looking for someone to blame is meaningless. Politics starts out with good intentions and ends up with a pile of dead bodies.

These anarchists are very unhappy. This is because they have no spiritual or cultural values. They only want to destroy things.

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