Usually after a large protest the media report what happened as "violence broke out and x number of police were injured". However, practically everybody that goes on a protest march or rally is aware that in most of the cases, trouble usually starts after police provocation. This pattern is repeated across the globe, all in an attempt to intimidate the protestors and put other people off joining any protest movements with the aim of creating a intimidated and subservient population. Making population control so much easier for the established power structure to get on with plundering the public purse and depleting the Earth's resources, all for the benefit of the privileged few who hold the reins of power.
The following is from Athens, but can be witnessed in cities, towns and villages across the planet. Anywhere when the people challenge the established power structure.
Suddenly 6 police bikes provocatively pass from Exarcheia Square attempting to intimidate and scare those that have already gathered there. Apart from the shouts against them, warning the cops about the response they will receive the next time they may try to provoke the people about to protest the police repression in the neighborhood, there is no aggressive action against the police.
What do the cops do following that? They leave and return with greater reinforcements, about 15-20 bikes, 2 cops on each bike. The result is what has been recorded in the video.
Despite the chaos created in the area by the police with asphyxiating gas grenades and flash bang grenades, the protest in Exarchia took place dynamically, with the participation of approximately 1.000 protesters.
The call for the protest follows:
JUNE 25 – DAY OF GREEK AND INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT OF EXARCHIA.
To defend the neighborhood of the world that fits many worlds.
A neighborhood where people of all genders, ages and backgrounds can coexist with respect.
Where the history of yesterday’s struggles meets the resistances of today.
Against gentrification, evictions, political annihilation, State repression.
To fight for the Exarcheia of social self-organization, of class solidarity, of insurrection
– No Metro station in Exarcheia Square
– No to the handing over of Strefi hill to private companies
– The Polytechnic School of Athens should remain a place of meeting and struggle
– Reduction in rental prices
– No evictions
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