With unrest growing across Europe as each country pushes its own variation of the financial Mafia's "austerity" plan, we are seeing each country bring more draconian measures to control and repress any display of that unrest. In the "good times" we had nasty but polite capitalism, but now as their grab for the public purse becomes more desperate, we are entering what I call the bare-knuckle phase of capitalism. More legislation against public protest, more restrictions on public spaces, more control of any gatherings, be it sport or protest.
This from Italy Calling:
The demonstrations that took place all over Italy on 14th November as part of a European Day of Action against austerity are already setting the pace of the new management of public order. In Rome in particular it’s been forbidden for months to get anywhere close to the political headquarters during demonstrations, despite the revocation of the decrees introduced last year by the Mayor to turn the whole of the city centre into a red zone.
Continue READING:The first repressive measures announced by the government straight after the riots and violence of 14th November are already being sketched out, drawing inspiration from the “social repression workshop” that started a few years ago around football matches and stadiums.
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