Dit schreef ik op 4 april van dit jaar:
http://stanvanhoucke.blogspot.com/2009/07/birgit-donker-van-de-nrc-10.html
Slavoj Zizek:
The only truly surprising thing about the
2008 financial meltdown is how easily the idea
was accepted that its happening was unpredict-
able. Recall the demonstrations that throughout
the last decade regularly accompanied meetings
of the International Monetary Fund and the
World Bank: the protesters’ complaints encom-
passed not only the usual antiglobalization mo-
tifs (the growing exploitation of Third World
countries, etc.) but also how the banks were cre-
ating the illusion of growth by playing with fic-
tional money and how this would all have to end
in a crash. It was not only economists such as
Paul Krugman and Joseph Stiglitz who warned
of the dangers ahead and made it clear that
those who promised continuous growth did not
really understand what was going on under their
noses. In Washington in 2000, so many people
demonstrated about the danger of a fi nancial
collapse that the city had to mobilize 3,500 local
policemen. What ensued was tear- gassing, club-
bing, and mass arrests. The police were used to
stifle the truth.
Slavoj Zizek essay in Harpers Magazine oktober 2009
1 opmerking:
Republikeinse Conventie: the Empire strikes back
Foto's demonstratie tijden de Republikeinse conventie, St. Paul, september 2008.
Foto's van de demonstratie in Washington in 2000, tegen het IMF en de WTO:
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Foto 4 (pepper spray)
600 mensen werden gearresteerd.
Seattle 1999
Dit is geen traangas, maar pepper spray.
Video Seattle
Vroeger was er minder gene om voor oorlog te zijn:
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American Nazis Support the Vietnam War
American Nazi George Lincoln Rockwell in Washington, D.C., 1966, his future accused killer at his side (right). Rockwell disrupted anti-war marches and tore down Vietcong flags.
De anti-oorlogsdemonstraten werden niet door de politie beschermd, maar juist flink afgerost (veel is er niet veranderd), want toen was het salonfahig om voor oorlog te zijn.
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