Fire and Tear Gas in Chile in Relation to the G8 Summit
On Friday, June 8, 2007, outside the Juan Gomez Millas campus of the University of Chile in Santiago, a group of 25 masked people expressed their rage against the noxious summit of the G8 (as was done the day before at the USACH campus), as well as the privatization of the university, the General Law of Education (LGE in Spanish) and the Penal Responsibility Law.
Fire and Tear Gas in Chile in Relation to the G8 Summit
On Friday, June 8, 2007, outside the Juan Gomez Millas campus of the University of Chile in Santiago, a group of 25 masked people expressed their rage against the noxious summit of the G8 (as was done the day before at the USACH campus), as well as the privatization of the university, the General Law of Education (LGE in Spanish) and the Penal Responsibility Law.
The social combatants used diverse materials to make barricades in the street and carried torches and Molotov firebombs. A guard presented a problem by locking the entrance gate to the university grounds with chains, but was rebuked and made to open the gate and abandon the area.
During the blockade, the combatants made vocal the motive of the action as part of the struggle of the proletariat.
When the cops arrived, a battle ensued for an hour, as Molotovs rained down on the pigs, who responded with poisonous gas. A fog of tear gas came to envelop the whole sector, leading the masked group to withdraw with concern for their companions at the university. The cops continued shooting tear gas despite people at the university shouting that it was unnecessary. It got to the point that the entire sector had to be evacuated, with people coughing and vomiting. Even people at another university campus had to evacuate, and residents were calling ambulances and the fire department.
Those responsible for maintaining order left without offering any explanation. The pigs turned the area into a gas chamber.
Article in Spanish:
http://www.hommodolars.cl/e107/news.php?extend.1479
On Friday, June 8, 2007, outside the Juan Gomez Millas campus of the University of Chile in Santiago, a group of 25 masked people expressed their rage against the noxious summit of the G8 (as was done the day before at the USACH campus), as well as the privatization of the university, the General Law of Education (LGE in Spanish) and the Penal Responsibility Law.
The social combatants used diverse materials to make barricades in the street and carried torches and Molotov firebombs. A guard presented a problem by locking the entrance gate to the university grounds with chains, but was rebuked and made to open the gate and abandon the area.
During the blockade, the combatants made vocal the motive of the action as part of the struggle of the proletariat.
When the cops arrived, a battle ensued for an hour, as Molotovs rained down on the pigs, who responded with poisonous gas. A fog of tear gas came to envelop the whole sector, leading the masked group to withdraw with concern for their companions at the university. The cops continued shooting tear gas despite people at the university shouting that it was unnecessary. It got to the point that the entire sector had to be evacuated, with people coughing and vomiting. Even people at another university campus had to evacuate, and residents were calling ambulances and the fire department.
Those responsible for maintaining order left without offering any explanation. The pigs turned the area into a gas chamber.
Article in Spanish:
http://www.hommodolars.cl/e107/news.php?extend.1479
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