"Hail the Queen of the May."
Posted on 05/01/2009 9:59:12 AM PDT by Joiseydude
ISTANBUL, May 1 May Day protesters clashed with riot police in Germany, Turkey and Greece on Friday while thousands angry at the government's responses to the global financial crisis took to the streets in France.
Rising unemployment across Europe and beyond has added intensity to May Day marches as last year's market crash and banking meltdown rolls into the real economy.
There were early morning clashes in Germany and protests in Istanbul swiftly turned violent. Greek police clashed with self-styled anarchists.
Turkish riot police fired water cannon and tear gas, firing shots and pepper spray to disperse masked protesters. Young men hurled stones and Molotov cocktails, smashing bank and shop windows in side streets.
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In Germany Commies and Nazis are clubbering each other, and both the police.
Good!
Slightly off topic, but...
Is it Istanbul or Constantinople?
No you can't go back to Constantinople.
Interesting that my muslim socialist co-worker chose this time of year to go back home to turkey for vacation. I wonder if she’ll be able to come back to work on time...
That's nobody's business but the Turks.
Maybe they just liked it better that way.
The immature “punk” and “squatter” scenes in Berlin and Hamburg have been pulling these “stunts” for more than two or three decades...nothing new there. For the next 355 days they’ll go back to sucking on the tax-payers’ teats. Unfortunately, drastic measures are precluded by earlier 20th century history. A small drop of sh!t in a rather larger pool, then.
...while thousands angry at the government's responses to the global financial crisis took to the streets in France...
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