in albania they ran out of pigs so they're using uhh bus ticket salesmen (job that doesnt exist anymore in most countries I'm sure), prisoners and police academy students. they're pushing protesters out of main squares by using extremely large amounts of tear gas, to the point that you can smell it throughout the whole city. then (potential cw on further reading) the pigs chase protesters in alleys and corners where there's no media so they can beat the shit out of them. there's videos of them breaking bones intentionally. it's terrifying and it happened overnight, stuff that ive only read about materialized overnight. the violence hidden came to the forefront for everyone to see and experience. it's also very hard to talk to people about these events from a class perspective or socialist perspective since there is no political education of any kind here. it's almost impossible to bring up marx without people becoming hysterical. almost impossible to question the ways of the western overlords who have god status here and to whom people here look up to. most importantly the population is small, the share of young people even smaller. unorganized protestes cant last long since they already detained/arrested hundreds of people (most will inevitably be let go but theyre terrified). it's an extremely difficult situation, i dont know what could be done.
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Why are French police so violent? Their job is to protect the state, not the people
(www.theguardian.com)
it’s almost impossible to bring up marx without people becoming hysterical
It's even sadder when you think that not so long ago it used to be a socialist country (with its flaws of course)
I know this one! They are trained by Israel/USA?
France has its own empire, not every extension of capitalism is an extension of the US.
I just thought I'd read somewhere that European cops train with American cops occasionally and share tactics.
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