Police action in Colorado’s capital city, which included several injuries and 20 arrests, was part of a wave of repression in the US over the weekend, including in Nashville, Portland, Oregon, Rochester, New York and Austin, Texas.
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Police action in Colorado’s capital city, which included several injuries and 20 arrests, was part of a wave of repression in the US over the weekend, including in Nashville, Portland, Oregon, Rochester, New York and Austin, Texas.
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This seems to be the consensus (in more places than one), but where is the evidence?The extreme reaction of police to the relatively small Occupy protests is one reflection of a deep-seated fear within the ruling class that these demonstrations could become a spark for a much broader and powerful movement of the working class. Many of the police operations have the stench of test runs for various methods and technologies used to suppress popular opposition. Several, including in Oakland and Denver, have turned into police riots.