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15 October 2011

The Guy Fawkes' Mask Slips


As Wall Street protests spread across the globe, the 'Day of Rage' turns violent.


Danger: A protester hurls a canister towards police next to a burning car during clashes in Rome as Occupy Wall Street goes global and violent

Danger: A protester hurls a canister towards police next to a burning car during clashes in Rome as Occupy Wall Street goes global and violent
Italy: Protesters hurl objects at police in Rome as well as smashing shop windows and torching cars during a demonstration in the Italian capital

Italy: Protesters hurl objects at police in Rome as well as smashing shop windows and torching cars during a demonstration in the Italian capital

Drastic measures: Police officers fire tear gas in Rome after the Occupy Wall Street protests turned violent today in the Italian capital

Drastic measures: Police officers fire tear gas in Rome after the Occupy Wall Street protests turned violent today in the Italian capital 
A demonstrators (top) hits a photojournalist during a demonstration of the 'Indignant' group against banking and finance in Rome October 15, 2011. A demonstrators (top) hits a photojournalist during a demonstration of the 'Indignant' group against banking and finance in Rome October 15, 2011.


Violence: A demonstrator hits a photojournalist during a demonstration of the 'Indignant' group against banking and finance in Rome today as another hurls a bottle at police


'People of Europe: Rise Up!' read a banner in Rome. Some peaceful demonstrators turned against the violent group and tried to stop them, hurling bottles at them, Sky and the ANSA news agency reported. Others fled, scared by the violence.


Burning city: Tens of thousands marched in Rome as the Italian capital was placed under a security lockdown when activists turned violent

Burning city: Tens of thousands marched in Rome as the Italian capital was placed under a security lockdown when activists turned violent

Damage: Demonstrators walk past a broken statue of the Virgin Mary during worlwide protests against corporate greed and austerity measures

Damage: Demonstrators walk past a broken statue of the Virgin Mary during worlwide protests against corporate greed and austerity measures
Germany: People protest against structures of the current global financial system with posters in front of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt

Germany: People protest against structures of the current global financial system with posters in front of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt

Italy: Protesters look at a parked car on fire during a demonstration, in downtown Rome after tens of thousands marched today as part of a global day of protests

Italy: Protesters look at a parked car on fire during a demonstration in downtown Rome


Smoke billows in a street of Rome as protesters take part in a demonstration, on October 15, 2011.

 Violence erupted on the streets of Rome
Force: Italian police fired tear gas and water cannons as protesters who had smashed shop and bank windows, torched cars and hurled bottles

Force: Italian police fired tear gas and water cannons as protesters who had smashed shop and bank windows, torched cars and hurled bottles
Sweden: A protester holds a banner reading Capitalism is also a Dictator' as she takes part in the Occupy Stockholm demonstration held at Sergels Torg

Sweden: A protester holds a banner reading Capitalism is also a Dictator' as she takes part in the Occupy Stockholm demonstration held at Sergels Torg


Spain: Protesters practice yoga at the Puerta del Sol square in Madrid, before the demonstration to be held in the afternoon

Spain: Protesters practice yoga at the Puerta del Sol square in Madrid, before the demonstration to be held in the afternoon

Hong Kong: A man holds a placard during a protest to express anger at 'the inequities and excesses of free-market capitalism' in Hong Kong on October 15

Hong Kong: A man holds a placard during a protest to express anger at 'the inequities and excesses of free-market capitalism' in Hong Kong on October 15

A car burns during a demonstration against banking and finance in Rome P

America: A protester screams as Seattle Police officers try to separate his arms linked with others hoping to prevent the removal of a tent pitched behind them in downtown Seattle's Westlake Park

America: A protester screams as Seattle Police officers try to separate his arms linked with others hoping to prevent the removal of a tent pitched behind them in downtown Seattle's Westlake Park

Italy: Masked protesters wore masks and carried weapons as they took to the streets of Rome to protest

Italy: Masked protesters wore masks and carried weapons as they took to the streets of Rome to protest

Germany: Participants protest during a demonstration at Brandenburg Gate in Berlin as the world rallies against corporate greed and inequality

Germany: Participants protest during a demonstration at Brandenburg Gate in Berlin as the world rallies against corporate greed and inequality

(Sophie:  Notice the Strasserite carrying the sign)
Protestors hold placards outside the NYSE Euronext stock exchange in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Netherlands: Protestors hold placards outside the NYSE Euronext stock exchange in Amsterdam

Australia: Man holds a placard at the Occupy Melbourne protest as they gathered at City Square for the first day

Australia: Man holds a placard at the Occupy Melbourne protest as they gathered at City Square for the first day


I thought they said that they weren't Marxists?


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