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General Category => World News => Topic started by: rangerrebew on May 02, 2017, 01:31:11 pm
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MAY DAY CARNAGE: Havoc across Europe as protestors clash with police in violent scenes
ANNUAL May Day protests have descended into violence as thousands took to the streets across many European cities.
By Sofia Petkar and Zoie O'Brien
PUBLISHED: 21:24, Mon, May 1, 2017 | UPDATED: 21:32, Mon, May 1, 2017
May Day – or 'Labour Day' – is observed all over the world on the first day of May to celebrate the economic and social achievements of workers and fight for labourers rights.
In France, horrfying images of police being attacked with Molotov cocktails have emerged.
In Paris, riot police attempted to control the crowds at the city’s traditional labour union march
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/798800/may-day-protests-carnage-havoc-violent-scenes-across-europe-france-italy-turkey-spain
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Seems to be de rigueur in ol Paree…
… and fairly normal elsewhere in Western Europe (whose citizens seem inclined lately to do everything possible to shed themselves of being "western"…)