How stupid is the street violence in Copenhagen as a form of political protest?
As anyone who has ever picked up a history book knows, it’s always the police who instigate all the violence at left-wing protests. As Marx noted, the police are a tool of the right-wing, wealthy-elite. Mass arrests in Copenhagen 15 December 2009 World Socialist Web Site http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/dec200… Excerpt: Tens of thousands of demonstrators who assembled in Copenhagen on Saturday to peacefully demand serious measures by the United Nations Climate Conference (COP15) to address the global warming crisis were confronted by masses of riot police, who cordoned off a section of the march and arbitrarily arrested nearly 1,000 people. The brutal measures employed by the Danish police represent a blatant violation of the democratic right to free assembly. They must serve as a warning to the working class and youth of Europe and internationally.
