Victory is ours

We will be the victors in the end. And I'll tell you how I know that.

They have their police with riot helmets, tactical vests, guns, tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets, LRADs, fire trucks, hand cuffs, batons, strips, cages, armoured cars. They take away our cameras, they bludgeon us, they gas us, they arrest us, they threaten us, the smear us in their own media and they attack us every time we speak our minds.

We have nothing. Nothing besides our lack of fear, of what they do to us.

That's right.

They are the ones with all the weapons, the uniforms and protection. They are the violent and aggressive ones, and they are afraid of us. Why else would they use violence?

In Denmark, december 2009, they arrested nearly a thousand peaceful protesters, in clear violation of the universal declaration of human rights, and all standards of democracy. Didn't scare anyone. The next day the protests were back on. Again the police attacked the protesters, again for no reason. Day three now, and protests are still going on, and they are still peacefull.

That's why we will win. We are not afraid of them, and once more and more people realize that the authorities live in fear of the common man, they will join us. And the police will be helpless. With all their weapons and armor, the only thing can do is scare us or kill us. And unless you kill us, we won't go away, cos you can't scare us anymore. All we need is patience. I just hope we have time.

Pittsburgh 2009

I am wondering. These two specific politicans were voted into office on policies guaranteeing better conditions for human rights, more democracy and so forth and so forth. In direct opposition of what the world saw as evil regimes in fact.

And here they are, standing next to each other at the G20 summit in Pittsburgh, USA. A shining beacon of democracy, and the streets are filled with thousands of police in darth-vader-gear. Rubber bullets are flying through the air, tear gas slowly drifting down the streets, protesters arrested and put in unmarked cars by people in military uniforms, students being beaten and street dances broken up. Kinda looks a bit like China all of the sudden, doesn't it? In all this I can't help thinking of the lyrics for the Who's Won't get fooled again. "Meet the new boss, same as the old one".

Boy, you sure got fooled again didn't you?
And it won't be the last time.

The police and politicans are here to protect and serve the rich, not you.