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Europe
Rome Anti-Global Protesters Smash Cars, Burn Office
2003-10-04
Anti-globalization demonstrators set fire to an employment agency, smashed cars and windows and hurled insults at government headquarters in Rome on Saturday as they gathered to protest against a European Union summit.
an employment agency huh? kinda counterproductive...oh, but these are the happily unemployed, the "activists"
Tens of thousands of demonstrators were due to march through a district south of Rome later to protest against the one-day summit, called to discuss an EU constitution. Organizers said 400,000 could attend.
400,000? divide by 10
The demonstrators say the proposed constitution is designed to promote the free market and capitalism and is not focused enough on the need to build peace and understanding.
"make that amendment #432 - require peace and understanding or we'll smash and burn stuff"
Witnesses said a group of around 50 masked demonstrators smashed store windows in a southern district of Rome near the Basilica of San Paolo, before throwing a petrol bomb into a temporary employment agency office. "They blocked off the street with dustbins and old tyres and then attacked the agency with sticks and iron bars before throwing some sort of firebomb into it," Gianni Sugaroni, 36, a resident in the street, told Reuters. Police said they detained 24 people fleeing the scene and firefighters later put out the fire in the gutted office. A car belonging to Adecco, one of Italy's largest temporary employment agencies, was also destroyed. Earlier, a crowd of around 500 anti-globalization protesters gathered outside the main government offices in central Rome and threw toilet rolls at the building while shouting insults.
Just another Friday night toilet-papering...ahhh high school all over again
Police used batons to control the crowds, but made no arrests, officials said.
don't arrest them, beat them to bloody pulps and refuse medical assistance - refer them to the burned out employment agency - maybe there's a doctor there
On Friday, a small group of demonstrators dumped several buckets of manure in front of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's private residence in central Rome. In unison with the anti-globalization march later on Saturday, thousands of trade unionists are scheduled to parade through the center of Rome to protest against not only the summit, but also the government's labor and pension reforms. Over the past year, the government has tried to overhaul both the labor and pensions systems, leading to protests by trade unions, which have called a general strike later this month to oppose the pension reforms. Earlier this week, a letter bomb exploded in the mail room of the Labour Ministry in Rome, causing some damage but no injuries, an attack which police said was probably carried out by an anarchist-linked group.
Posted by:Frank G

#2  
The demonstrators say the proposed constitution is designed to promote the free market and capitalism and is not focused enough on the need to build peace and understanding.

Somebody shoot these morons in the head, please.
Why in God's name would anyone freakin' protest the only way to actually prosper?

All hippies must effin' die.
Posted by: Celissa   2003-10-4 6:00:06 PM  

#1  Kind of unruly. Still its not reaching the level of rioting achieved when Michigan State wins a national championiship in sports.
Posted by: Super Hose   2003-10-4 3:20:44 PM  

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