plastic bullets in Barcelona

international | rights, freedoms and repression | news report Saturday March 18, 2006 02:50 by ooooooooooooooooooooooo

what began as an innocent piss up on Paddy's day, with hundreds of irish and other tourists present to enjoy a weekend has (at time of writing) turned into the most serious urban disturbance in recent history.

The Police have brutally repressed the revellers and have in the last hour resorted to clearing the old city with rubber bullets.

Over 100 have been fired so far. serious injuries have been photographed.

This aint good for the tourist trade.
I suppose there will be more.., when its over.
but I don't know when it will be over.
its like poor kids go to the street and burn the bins.
If they are muslim and french - we don't say its political.
it they are university students and french - we say its political.
if they are italian and poor - we say its hooliganism.
if they are barcelonan...

they're facing fascists.
& thats it. this writer was one of the last people left in the cleared zone. He left with blood on his hands after carrying kids to the ambulances.

shona la padraig.
when I fly a flag its black.