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[–]whereswhat 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yep.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Love this. I wish it was better known, as it's barely a decade old and pretty much forgotten.

[–]magnora7[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

US media basically pretended it never happened.

Same with the South Korean protests that got them a new prime minister in 2015 or whatever. The US media gave that such amazingly little attention. Unsurprising when you consider it's news from corporations though, not news from the people by the people.

[–]H3v8 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

US media probably didn't either report on what happened in Greece a couple of years later, but I bet they dedicate a few columns to show solidarity to Hong Kong protesters.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

It's great to remember the terrific successes.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That is only possible with a homogeneous nation and ethnic unity, Amerimutts are too diverse a group to ever unite on anything.

[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Nah that's just self-defeatism

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    [–]H3v8 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    While Iceland was a success, let me tell you what happened in Greece when people tried to do the same thing.

    The police used all reserves of tear gas and beat the shit out of the millions of protesters. It has been said (without any official denying this as far as I know) that the SEEBRIG multinational brigade took part in the suppression.

    What's more interesting is that the communist party of Greece employed bolsheviks to stand guard outside the parliament. Here is a video

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sba48Z6lrwU

    And more photos

    And here is a photo of bolsheviks beating protesters. The one in the circle, also here, claimed two years later that "fascists" gave him a beating and that the "fascist parties" that emerged after should be banned.

    In the years that followed, the situation became worse and worse and nothing changed for the better. And the same thing was repeated again and again everytime millions of people tried to show they object the governmental policy.