This was a rough one" it was certainly no celebration of International Workers' Day.
Never saw so many cops - every 50 meters there was a phalanx of cops along the marching route. People who think Western, liberal democratic, aristocratic (bourgeois) governments don't fear socialism - explain the measures taken on May 1, 2019?
Long story short: in order to prevent a unified demo at the end the cops used the classic tactic of "divide and conquer". They repeatedly severed the march, allowing one part to advance to the end (where they were gassed and chased out), while cops fought pitched battles with the section that was kettled and prevented from marching freely. After several rounds of this the streets were a shambles - protesters, unarmed of course, needed to find something to protect themselves with.
This produced the MSM hoax of an alleged "hospital invasion", which I debunked thoroughly here. Briefly: that day MSM and politicians got apoplectic that protesters - cornered by cops using tear gas, water cannons, batons and rubber bullets - tried to take refuge in a hospital. What those armchair idiots and "hotel room journalists" don't know is that when tear gassed one moves (don't run!) in one direction: away from the gas. The only direction left to protesters was jumping a hospital gate.
Mainstream idiots everywhere said protesters were "invading" the hospital. It took a couple days for the truth to come out - only two old, apologetic men actually made it inside the hospital, saying they had been "tear gassed all day". The internet reactionaries who vengefully and gleefully insist that "Yellow Vests are rioters and they get what they deserve-- they really have no idea what they are talking about.
What I remember from that day is: I'm trying to give a live interview in front of the hospital - amid all the "flash balls", flying pieces of pavement and tear gas - and the newsroom in Tehran is insisting that I remain motionless in order to "set the frame". "How on earth are me and my cameraman supposed to stay motionless and not wind up seriously hurt! Just put me on the damn air!!!" Aggravating"
I recall only one other journalist doing a live interview during all that violence - a female journalist for Italian TV, as I recall. Kudos to her. French media? Fuggetaboutit. French public media, who are paid by French taxes? Fuggetaboutit. I'm sure RT was there, but I didn't see them. I bet they were wearing a helmet, though - I never did once. LOL, a bit of leniency for my egotistical behavior, please: I had been "tear gassed all day".
On December 19th the first police officer would finally be convicted for police brutality - he was filmed throwing a piece of pavement into a crowd of protesters on May 1st. Apparently his rubber bullets, tear gas, water cannon and truncheon wasn't enough? He got a minor sentence, no prison time, his identity was not divulged, nor will the conviction even appear on his legal record.
That was the last rough one" for a while, at least. Not sure that's a good thing.
May 5 - France bans Ramadan, citing secularism & economic stagnation
I never did write that satire" don't know why? Would've been funny. Probably tired - Ramadan had just started, after all, and I had been tear gassed all year. Maybe for 2020.
Just checking to see if you are still reading!
May 8 - France began killing 45,000 Algerians on WWII V-Day
Oh, MSM journalists, where you marking the defeat of European fascism in World War II that day? Why?
France also bombed Damascus that May. Syrians booted the French out that year, thankfully.
May 9 - First major Yellow Vests victory - no to de-nationalizing Paris airports
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