not sure if i’m missing something – but where is this demonstation taking place??
thats a good point…
OTOH perhaps the demonstration should take place in all EU countries, by the act of people holding events in their respective countries to show solidarity with those in Czech republic.
the incident affects all of us.
Czech Republic is not supposed now to be some “east europe soviet satellite state”, but a modern EU nation.
The Czech Prime Minister claimed the Police action was OK because similar action is taken against “problematic” raves in other EU countries such as Great Britain, France and Germany.
If you look at rave history or even recent events you will see that this is indeed the case.
Although territorial support group [TSG] police officers (a more accurate name for “riot police”) are slightly less violent in Britain compared to other countries, this is only because they have more control of their activities and less access to weapons such as flash-grenades, also very few cops can carry firearms (it is a special case in the moment in London because of the ongoing terrorism and civil conflict).
UK cops have been violent in previous years (there are many reports on this board about this!), and those in other EU countries are as bad as the CZ officers.
Latest reports from Prague claim that CZ police have actually arrested some of those present at the protest marches against the CZtek action, and have shot dead a dog (presumably a pet of one of the marchers).
A worrying development – for CZ and Europe as a whole, such events are more reminisent of the bad old days of the 1980s when Europe was a much less stable place.
We must all show solidarity with the Czech ravers.
Even a licensed festival in the UK can be stopped at the last minute if the council withdraws its agreement, and at that point the authorities could authorise the use of TSG cops and “appropriate force” to clear the festival goers from the site.
This incident could repeat itself anywhere in the EU.
