Anarchists prominent in Reykjavik demos

[DancingLarry]

In response to the deepening financial crisis, regular protests at the Icelandic Parliament in Reykjavik are growing and becoming more militant. Anarchists are very visibly prominent in the demos:

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[Charles Xavier]

isn't iceland a country of 300,000 people? Is that every cop in Iceland at the protest? Couldn't the government be taken over with the amount of people at the protest?

[Cult of Reason]

It is on the BBC, now!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7744355.stm

[DancingLarry]

Mood getting more militant in Iceland:

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report from the poster:

This is just a small part of the protests going on Iceland over their faltering economy... they had a huge protest this weekend (Nov.21) where police threw tear gas and beat on protesters. Five were sent to the hospital.

Here you see a huge crowd protesting for the release of one of the protesters arrested by police. They're chanting "out with him (release him)" in Icelandic, and the police LET HIM OUT!!!!!!!!

Then the crowd cheers and chants, "Ísland (Iceland)" over and over.

Then the guy, clad in all black with a face mask on, IN FRONT OF THE RIOT POLICE, says, he wants the people to use the energy they have that got him released TO OVERTHOW THE GOVERNMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

At this point there's no reason for Icelanders not to have a revolution. And it appears they are figuring that out.

[al8]

There was once a time in the '30 communist beat up the entire police force during a street fight so badly they were inoperable. Communist leaders in the movement at the time did not consider it viable to take power at that time, so it wasn't done.

I see that people in this thread however being a wee bit too optimistic. The small number of anarchists are simply more visible for they know how to make attention grabbing fuss that gets media attention. They are very crative and have done som fun stuff. An anarchist named Haukur climed on top of the parliament and hoisted a flag of a low-cost foodstore chain connected to one of the better known fat-cat bankers, signifying that the parliament was just a branch of the rich. That same anarchist was arrested and held captive for unusual/trumped up legal reasons shortly before the Saturday protest, I suspect to hinder him from doing more political pranks. That was what his anarchist friends were protesting against.

But there is not going to be a revolution soon in Iceland unless it is in conjuntion with wider eruptions in Europe or North America. Traditionally Iceland has adopted changes spearheaded from abroad. In other words, it has more or less lagged behind instead of spearheading anything itself. But its a modern capitalist country. The bases for revolution is the same here as anywhere else where capitalism prevails.

[al8]

Then the guy, clad in all black with a face mask on, IN FRONT OF THE RIOT POLICE, says, he wants the people to use the energy they have that got him released TO OVERTHOW THE GOVERNMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [/I]

He said in his speach;

I wouldn't want good people, with this vigour, to injure themselves rescuing some git, from this building. But rather that they use this vigour to bring this government to its knees! And make come about, without delay, a proper, popular and total revolution!