Violence Mars May Day Protests

THE PORTLAND MAYDAY PROTESTS AND MARCHES TURNED INTO
A FIERY RIOT.
THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN THE STREETS, NOT JUST IN
PORTLAND BUT ALL OVER THE WORLD, FROM PARIS TO THE
PHILIPPINES, AND DURING THE PORTLAND PROTESTS, WHICH
STARTED OUT PEACEFUL, THERE WERE INSTANCES WHERE PEOPLE IN
THE MOB, IT TURNED OUT TO BE, WERE THROWING THINGS LIKE
FULL SODA CANS AT POLICE OFFICERS.
HERE'S VIDEO OF THAT.
? WE ARE THE MOVEMENT, THIS GENERATION
NOT THAT, WE'LL GET RID OF THIS AND COME BACK, THAT IS THE WRONG
VIDEO, I'M SORRY.
BUT I THINK THAT THE CHEEKY PORTLANDERS WERE INSPIRED BY
THAT KENDALL JENNER VIDEO TO CREATE AND ACTUALLY VERY SERIOUS
SEEING OF VIOLENCE, AND WE DO HAVE VIDEO OF THAT, THIS IS NOT
A JOKE, THIS IS ACTUAL VIDEO AS POSTED BY REAL.
SO, THAT'S HOW IT TURNED OUT.
FOR 90 MINUTES IT WAS A PEACEFUL MARCH, AND THEN THERE WERE
DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT STARTED TURNING PILOT; PEOPLE WERE
ARRESTED, EVERYWHERE FROM AGES 47 TO 14.
THEY DID DAMAGE TO A TARGET, AND A J.CREW, WHICH REALLY HURT
ME, BECAUSE I STOPPED THERE ALL THE TIME.
IN ADDITION, THE ANARCHISTS STUDENT UNION SAID THAT THEY
MIGHT JOIN AND QUOTE DO THEIR THING, SO NO ONE FROM THAT GROUP
HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS SOMEONE BEING PART OF THE RIOT, BUT
THEY ARE STILL ON THE LOOKOUT FOR ADDITIONAL PEOPLE WHO
MAY HAVE PARTICIPATED.
THAT SAID, THAT'S THE SITUATION.
WHAT DID YOU THINK AND DID YOU GO TO ANY OF THE PROTESTS
YESTERDAY?
I THINK THIS IS UNFORTUNATE.
I DIDN'T GO TO ANY PROTESTS YESTERDAY, BUT I THINK THIS
IS UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY PEACEFUL
PROTESTS FOR WORKERS RIGHTS, AND WE ARE IN SUCH A CLIMATE
RIGHT NOW WHEN WORKERS RIGHTS ARE SO IMPORTANT.
WORKERS RIGHTS IN GENERAL, HEALTHCARE, IMMIGRATION,
DISCRIMINATION, THERE ARE SO YOU WILL THAT ARE UPSET AND ARE
GOING TO BE HURT BY SOME OF THE POLICIES THAT ARE BEING PUT IN
PLACE BY THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION, SO THIS IS AN
IMPORTANT PROCESS TO HAVE.
IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THIS ONE MYLAN SUBSITE IS SORT OF
PAINTING AND TAINTING THE BROADER GROUP MESSAGE ABOUT
THIS.
IT IS NOT THAT GROUP THOUGH.
THIS ARTICLE, AND MANY OTHER ARTICLES I HAVE READ KEPT SAYING
THESE PROTESTERS WERE THE ONES CAUSING VIOLENT PROBLEMS,
BREAKING THINGS.
THIS HAPPENS AT ALMOST EVERY RALLY.
IT IS PEOPLE THAT WEAR ALL BLACK, SHOW UP, CAUSE A LOT
OF DESTRUCTION AND PROBLEMS, AND THEN THOSE PEOPLE, WHOSE
CAUSE IS LARGELY PEACEFUL, GET BLAMED FOR IT.
AND THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY I WANT TO START WITH THE
LIGHTHEARTED JOKE ASPECT OF IT.
BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DO IT NOW.
EXACTLY.
YEAH, THAT'S TRUE, AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE ONES WHO ARE
STARTING THE PROBLEMS ARE THE ONES WHO AREN'T ANYWHERE
AFFILIATED WITH THE MOVEMENT, BUT ARE JUST SAYING TO
THEMSELVES, THERE IS GOING TO BE A MARCH, THAT GIVES A COVER
AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO CAUSE SOME HAVOC.
THEY ARE LITERALLY ANARCHISTS GROUPS.
THERE WERE THREE ARRESTS IN SEATTLE, FOUR OR MORE IN
OAKLAND, BUT BY AND LARGE, VERY PEACEFUL PROTESTS.
HERE ARE SOME FEEL-GOOD PHOTOS FROM SAN FRANCISCO, MANY
THOUSANDS.
LAS VEGAS, TOGETHER WE ARE GREATER, BUILD BRIDGES NOT
WALLS, AND THEN IN SEATTLE.
I MEAN, IT WAS INSPIRING TO SEE SOME OF YOU WILL TAKE TO
THE STREETS, AND DO GOOD TOGETHER TO TRY TO SPREAD A
MESSAGE THAT THIS IS ñ ESPECIALLY IN A CLIMATE
WHERE IT IS LIKE, HOW DOES LABOR FALL DOWN?
WHO IS LOOKING OUT FOR THEM IN THE CROSS-SECTION OF A BIG
POPULIST MOVEMENT IN AMERICA, THAT PURPORTS TO BE FOR
SKILLED AND NONSKILLED JOBS, MANUFACTURING, ETC.,
AND THEN THE IDEA THAT LIKE, A LOT OF WORKERS ARE IMMIGRANTS.
RIGHT.
HERE'S THE THING, WE DO HAVE THIS DISAPPEARING MIDDLE CLASS,
AND THE WORKING CLASSES BEING HIT REALLY HARD, AND AS KIM
SAID, YOU ARE ALWAYS GOING TO SEE THE SUB SEX OF GROUPS THAT
HAVE A GREAT CAUSE, WHETHER IT BE PROTESTS FOR MAYDAY, OR
FEMINISTS, OR BLACK LIVES MATTER, THERE ARE ALWAYS
GOING TO BE SUBJECTS OF THOSE GROUPS, WHETHER THEY ARE
ANARCHISTS OR NOT, THAT WILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO LOOK AT
THAT MOVEMENT AS A WHOLE AND ATTRIBUTE THOSE SMALLER ACTIONS
TO THE MOVEMENT, SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU SHOWED THE POSITIVE
IMAGES OF THE PROTEST, BECAUSE THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
IS JUST WANT TO KEEP HAPPENING, BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY WE REWARD
VIOLENCE AND MAYBE ROBBING OF, WITH ATTENTION.
THEY DO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND THEY ARE NOT TO STOP DOING
IT, BECAUSE THIS GETS WAY MORE ATTENTION THAN, YOU KNOW,
SETTING UP A CO-OP, OR FEEDING THE POOR, OR DOING
SOMETHING GOOD.
THIS IS WHAT WE ARE ALWAYS GOOD TO LOOK AT, THE WORST
POSSIBLE THING TO GET THINKERS POINTING.
RIGHT, YOU GOOGLE MAYDAY AND THIS IS ALL YOU SEE, THE
STORIES OF VIOLENCE, NOT, ALL THESE PEOPLE GOT TOGETHER
BECAUSE THEY THINK HEALTHCARE IS IMPORTANT.
THAT'S NOT SENSATIONAL IN THE SAME WAY THAT VIOLENCE IS.
WE ARE HERE TO TELL PEOPLE THAT JUST BECAUSE SAMUEL STARTED A
PROBLEM, THERE CAN BE SOLUTIONS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE THERE
MARCHING FOR SOLUTIONS

Violence Mars May Day Protests

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