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Vaguely describes the life of a bystander.
In the UK at the moment we are having elections which makes me quite mad at some of the bare-faced lies being told to we voters. I have been thinking that we do not protest enough but seeing your image makes me also see how things can get terribly out of hand when one does protest.
We in democracies should be glad that we have such freedoms even though we do not exercise them enough.
Those people depicted that protested changed the world and despite the terrible personal consequences in some cases made our democracies stronger and gave us more rights. The current generations, those in 20s, 30s and 40s (myself included) seem to accept the nonsense we are peddled by politians and the erosion of our civil liberties without protest (more so in the UK). Society gives us our little diversions like YouTube, Twitter, MTV etc... but I fear we could sleepwalk into a totalitarian future if we are not more aware and ready to say No.
My gratitude to those that stood up to be counted.
Sorry if this is a rant but your photo so moved me.
All I can say is don't trust your political leaders. They are already bought and paid for by large corporations and special interests and are nothing more than corporate prostitutes who are offering you only the illusion of democracy and showing you shiny toys to buy to keep people from seeing things as they are.
Again thank you for your comments.
It seems a well informed account of the tragedy.
In France we have had similar tragic events when demonstrators have been shot although not usually as bad as this.
There was one very violent incident during the war against the Algerian independence movement when many peacefully demonstrating Arab immigrants were shot and pushed into the Seine river in Paris. It was very badly reported on at the time and only properly exposed nowadays.
People here know that police forces provoke crowds in order to justify attacks when demonstrators react.
My husband had participated in many demonstrations where this has happened, even in recent years.
Generally the police and other forces are not well liked here. There is more sympathy when policemen are shot or killed by armed criminals but not in their dealings with ordinary protesting citizens.
We were partly involved in the social movement of May 1968, which had a student and a more general aspect. In Paris the police brutally repressed students who were occupying their universities but elsewhere, all over the country, people occupied their workplace demanding better wages. The police shot dead one young worker.
There was a six week general strike of the private and public sectors. No trains or public transport, no postal services, no telephone, no schools or universities open. Countless factories were closed by their workforce.
In the end talks lead to a 40% increase in the basic wage. It was never seen before or since.
We lived in a small town and although I didn't do anything myself, having small children to watch over, my husband was very active.
It changed a lot for many people especially in social relations. People realised that they could influence history.
Well here we are in another economic and social crisis. I really don't know what will become of us all.