Occupy protest turns violent - Rome

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Occupy Rome, the Italian version of the United for Global Change action turned violent. Thousands of Italian "indignatos" took the street for one of the biggest rallies in years with many resorting to violence. 15th October 2011

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Demonstration "Occupy Italy" in Rome. Part of the international action against the financial crisis called United for Global Change..

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On Oct. 15th 2011, hundreds of thousands Italian "indignatos" take the street in Rome for one of the biggest rallies seen in the last years in Italy.
Their common request is not to pay with austerity measures for the current economical crisis, because that was generated by the greed of the global investment banks and by the corrupt relationships they share with the governments. They also are outraged by the Italian political system as a whole, which they say has failed in representing the interests of the common people.
That huge peaceful protest, however, quickly becomes a hell of teargases, bomblets and batons. The police aggressively attacked the demostrators after groups of so called black blocks started putting cars on fire and crashing the windows of some banks.

Tags Jobs, occupy protests, occupy rome, occupy the world, occupy wall street, Rome violence., Demonstration, Economics, Recession, Stock Market, Tax, Business, Politics

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Thanks Naoki for your reply -

Submitted by Matthew Richards on Mon, 17/10/2011 - 10:26.

Thanks Naoki for your reply - stay safe shooting.

Well, those who vandalized

Submitted by naoki tomasini on Mon, 17/10/2011 - 10:15.

Well, those who vandalized cars and private properties are just young, ignorants and idiots looking for a stage. But their destructive approach to a society that marginalize them is not only an Italian phenomenon, it happened also in England. They are part of a system that is broken from the core, and frankly I can understand it. Only thing is that they should also be brave enough to do it by themselves instead of sheltering behind peaceful crowds like they always do. And then the Italian police should start to pursue them seriously instead of chasing common people with indistinct violence. Most of the torched cars were left burning for a suspiciously long time indeed, and today Berluscony and his fellows have the chance to put the blame away from them...
Thanks for the compliments, all the best.
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Great set of photos Naoki - I

Submitted by Matthew Richards on Mon, 17/10/2011 - 07:54.

Great set of photos Naoki - I understand why people are upset with the current economic crisis - but what's with the wanton vandalism of cars and personal property?

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