Yesterday there were new, and bigger, riots in Oslo. It all started
with a demonstration outside parliament, called by a variety of mainly
left wing organizations.
with a demonstration outside parliament, called by a variety of mainly
left wing organizations.
The demo was supposed to continue to the
Israeli embassy, 20 minutes away, but the main organizers cancelled
these plans after the riots earlier this week. That didn't prevent the
large majority of the crowd to proceed towards the embassy, where
after half an hour's siege, the riot cops started firing tear gas
grenades into the crowd, which to a large extent consisted of young
teenagers and ten to twelve year old kids. After trying to surround
the most militant part of the demo with newly designed riot vans
without succeeding (people just climbed the cars), the crowd
dispersed, and rioted throughout the city. All the McDonalds shops in
the inner city were smashed, and the Free Mason's headquarter was
attacked with firebombs and fireworks. More than 130 people were
arrested. The cops also arrested an activist from the autonomous scene
pre-emptively, on his way to the first demo - not the first time, and
most certainly not the last.
Last night also saw 75 arrests in Copenhagen, following street clashes
in connection with an pro-Israeli demo.
No time for analysis now, but the main left wing daily yesterday had a
two page interview with all the leaders of the left wing parties'
youth organizations, warning against the development. The front page
had political scientists warning about the Paris and Athens syndrome.
Norwegian media:
http://www.dagsavisen.no/innenriks/article391400.ece?index=31#pageBody
(pictures)
http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article2859856.ece
http://www.dagbladet.no/2009/01/11/nyheter/krigen_i_gaza/israel/innenriks/politi/4326515/
http://www.dagsavisen.no/innenriks/article390755.ece (pictures)
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Also 110 arrests also today in Copenhagen during/after a peaceful rally and march by 7000 people. Firecrackers and stones were thrown and police made 'preventative' arrests!!
See pics here:
http://ekstrabladet.dk/gallerier/nyheder/article1109537.ece
Israeli embassy, 20 minutes away, but the main organizers cancelled
these plans after the riots earlier this week. That didn't prevent the
large majority of the crowd to proceed towards the embassy, where
after half an hour's siege, the riot cops started firing tear gas
grenades into the crowd, which to a large extent consisted of young
teenagers and ten to twelve year old kids. After trying to surround
the most militant part of the demo with newly designed riot vans
without succeeding (people just climbed the cars), the crowd
dispersed, and rioted throughout the city. All the McDonalds shops in
the inner city were smashed, and the Free Mason's headquarter was
attacked with firebombs and fireworks. More than 130 people were
arrested. The cops also arrested an activist from the autonomous scene
pre-emptively, on his way to the first demo - not the first time, and
most certainly not the last.
Last night also saw 75 arrests in Copenhagen, following street clashes
in connection with an pro-Israeli demo.
No time for analysis now, but the main left wing daily yesterday had a
two page interview with all the leaders of the left wing parties'
youth organizations, warning against the development. The front page
had political scientists warning about the Paris and Athens syndrome.
Norwegian media:
http://www.dagsavisen.no/innenriks/article391400.ece?index=31#pageBody (pictures)
http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article2859856.ece http://www.dagbladet.no/2009/01/11/nyheter/krigen_i_gaza/israel/innenriks/politi/4326515/ http://www.dagsavisen.no/innenriks/article390755.ece (pictures) ----------
Also 110 arrests also today in Copenhagen during/after a peaceful rally and march by 7000 people. Firecrackers and stones were thrown and police made 'preventative' arrests!!
See pics here:
http://ekstrabladet.dk/gallerier/nyheder/article1109537.ece 
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Freemasons?
13.01.2009 22:17
jaysus
free masons
13.01.2009 22:39
militarism, capitalism, neo-liberalism are sometimes seen as a 'secret plot', like political processes are controlled by a lobby of a few people. This is why we hear so much talk of a pro-Israel (sometimes Jewish) lobby in Washington, and this also explains why the free masons were attacked: because there is the sense in parts of the movement that there is a conspiracy behind the whole mess we are in.
not a mason
can you be more specific, please?
13.01.2009 22:52
s
Do you need an excuse to target the freemasons?
14.01.2009 22:47
Even if it is totally unrelated, why not use the chaos of a demonstration to firebomb their premises! I have never heard of links between freemasons and Zionism, in fact I assumed freemasons would be more likely to be anti-semitic, but they are still part of the ruling upper classes and thus fair game in my opinion.
@non