REVOLTE ÎN LUME – PART XXX (REVOLTS IN THE WORLD)

Participarea cetățenilor într-o democrație reprezentativă nu se reduce la vot. Numai că decizia urnelor nu este un vot necondiționat și nedeterminat, calitatea noastră cetățenească și civică nu incetează odată cu votul: mandatul pe care îl dâm aleșilor este revocabil și dependent de rezultate. Ce pot face cetățenii? Gama acțiunilor de protest împotriva unei puteri abuzive este foarte largă. Este sigur însă că, în ciuda frumuseții spectaculare a protestelor, în ciuda și a efortului minunat depus de mulți dintre protestatari, o putere nu se va clătina din loc cu jocuri de luminițe și poezioare inspirate. Căderea în estetică a protestului îi diminuează acestuia forța. Să ne amintim că cele mai puternice proteste din lume au fost fie cele spontane, fie cele organizate în timpul săptămânii, ce înfruntă direct puterea și instrumentele ei.

AUSTRIA – Protesters rally against COVID measures in Vienna

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BRtYGAjCbA

NETHERLANDS – Police clash with protesters as thousands rally against COVID lockdown in Amsterdam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6n-uywHXf4

SPAIN – Thousands against COVID take to Madrid streets

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D9AzR3qg1Y

NETHERLANDS – Protesters clash with cops at Dutch Covid curfew demo

FRANCE – Marche des libertés against Bill Security

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKI-9kZi3h8

USA – Moment tear gas used to contain crowd storming Capitol building’s west entrance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyKhKs1vXro

ISRAEL – Weekly anti-Netanyahu protests continue in Israel

BELGIUM – Protest over death of young Black man in police custody rocks Brussels

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUOSggRC0wQ

USA – Trump supporters storm Capitol buidling as congress gathers to count electoral votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KgfVwdrlwY

USA – Capitol building in lockdown as Trump supporters clash with police

TUNISIA – Protests continue in Tunis as govt bans rallies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX1bt6XeUUA

RUSSIA – Police pelted with snowballs at Moscow protest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCX7xBWWOe8

RUSSIA – Unsanctioned rally takes place in Moscow in support of Alexei Navalny

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WScY9-YSROk

FRANCE – Protesters hit Paris streets for rally against job losses

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seUMJOa-epI

FRANCE – Yellow Vests join workers protesting job cuts in Paris

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM-5Y9Vd6Z4

FRANCE – Parisians take to the streets for new protest against Global Security Bill and layoffs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLsscJSJFCs

USA – Arrests as anti-ICE rally in Seattle ends in riots

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0vqPFwysJA

USA – Tensions as Inauguration Day protesters vandalise Oregon’s Democratic headquarters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZbWVQ5Y7Xg

SLOVENIA – Hundreds march to denounce eviction of squatters from former bicycle factory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWgbu-BWZbM