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After watching tomkebuga’s video of a group of protesters chanting “You’re sexy! You’re cute! Take off your riot suit!” to a line of Toronto police officers, I had the hook stuck in my head for days. Inspired by the chant (and crowd noises), I made this remix. Via Laughing Squid blogTO has a roundup of photos and articles. Violent protests like these now seem ritual as well as pointless, with little effect on politics or the populace at large. And why does Starbucks always get their windows smashed? We need new tactics. Smashing windows and burning police cars is counter-productive and will [...] The coroner says Tomlinson died from internal bleeding after being clubbed by a London Metropolitan police officer. The police have stonewalled consistently about what happened. It was only because of public outrage and multiple videos taken by protesters that they are being forced to deal it. Having video cameras everywhere works both ways, doesn’t it? [...] Incoherent Dreams by Edward Hadas says, yes, the empire is crumbling, new leaders are needed, but the protests so far have been, well, lame. A great age of protest should be dawning. The global mismanagement of the financial system has led to a deep recession. Intellectual paralysis has gripped the authorities and their policy response [...] The RBS bank in London that had their windows smashed was the only unbarricaded business in the area, which is highly odd, especially considering how hated RBS is there now. Plus, apparently there were no police around, but lots of media. Gosh, it’s almost like the authorities wanted the attack to happen. Driving [...] Eek, an anarchist, squeals Forbes This is comical. Forbes attempts to give advice on how to avoid rowdy G20 protesters this week in London. Ditch the Logos. Skip the umbrella with your company name across the front. Stop by Boots and pick up a floral-printed compact brolly. It might appeal to the protesters’ environmental [...] RBS smashed windows. BBC photo While large parts of today’s London protests have been peaceful, the primary focus focus has been on the smashed windows at RBS. In the above BBC photo, note that the window smasher is surrounded by media. Lenin’s Tomb wonders if such protesters aren’t just playing into police hands. I’m [...] Protesters, police go online in G-20 battle Marina Pepper, one of the organizers of G-20 Meltdown, said that Twitter, the blogging tool that allows short updates to be filed, published and read via cellphones, would be used to coordinate the protests — and warn participants of possible trouble. However we are receiving disturbing reports that [...] Video and article Today Chris Knight, the anthropology professor suspended from the University of East London last week for suggesting that bankers might be lynched, was wandering the march alone. “I just met a copper and I said to him, ‘Is this the revolution?’ He said: ‘No, this is the dry run, the revolution [...] |  | ||||
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