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This is What I was talking about on the Radio Yesterday - May Day Riots "MAY DAY - MAKE 'EM PAY"

Posted By: Rayelan
Date: Friday, 1-May-2009 13:54:07

I bet I was the ONLY person who was talking about the May Day Riots yesterday. They are sponsored by the World Wide Worker's Paradise... aka the socialist/communist parties of the world... but I bet you that's not going to be part of this story. Their slogan against the capitalists is "MAY DAY MAKE 'EM PAY" May Day turns violent in Turkey, Germany, Greece 01 May 2009 12:47:43 GMT Source: Reuters * Tear gas, warning shots, water cannon in Turkey * Early-morning clashes in Germany, 50 police hurt * Greek police clash with self-styled anarchists * In France, even managers take to streets in protest By Thomas Grove ISTANBUL, May 1 (Reuters) - 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. [ID:nL172509] An Istanbul police spokesman said 68 demonstrators were detained and 11 police wounded. Leftists and Kurdish separatists regularly clash with police at demonstrations in Turkey and the May Day protest last year also turned violent. Full Story http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L1299732.htm

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This is What I was talking about on the Radio Yesterday - May Day Riots "MAY DAY - MAKE 'EM PAY"
Rayelan -- Friday, 1-May-2009 13:54:07

Reader: and what about those digital converter boxes?
RumorMail -- Friday, 1-May-2009 15:54:10