Protest marches have been held around the world to mark International Workers' Day, and while some remained peaceful parades, others escalated into violent clashes and destruction.

Riot police in Paris arrested more than 200 anti-capitalist demonstrators today as they went on the rampage to mark May Day.

Water cannon and tear gas were used against the protestors, many of whom were anarchists belongingto the Black Bloc movement.

‘They have mainly targeted places of business, including branches of McDonalds and banks,’ said a Paris police spokesman.

‘More than 200 people were arrested by late afternoon, and isolated incidents of violence are on going.’

Worst hit was a McDonalds and Renault garage close to the Austerlitz railways station in the east of the city.

Cars and wheelie bins were also torched, while officers had rocks and other projectiles thrown at them.



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Lalasticlala, Mynd44

Demonstrators wearing masks and eye-protection march while waving anarchist flags and flares in Paris.

Ke'sele? Ke fa gbogbo nonsense yi?

This is serious

Wow, if person see this kin protest, to protest go dey hungry am
see how everywhere neat, fine fire, the thing belike film.
I sure say the police men go even share chilled water and ice-cream in the course of the protest.

but humans get grade sha, human wants are always very insatiable.
because I dey wonder wetin all these ones still dey protest for, are they alright
make dem come 9ja, you go confuse on wetin to protest for, the problem too many.

9ja I hail o, una strong die. Wehdone wehdone.

Fighting fire: Emergency services put out a blazing car after thousands of people took to the streets of the French capital demonstrate on May Day.


A riot policeman throws a teargas shell towards protesters outside a McDonald's in the French capital.

McDonald's restaurant is hit with petrol bombs thrown by activists during the traditional May Day rally in the center of Paris, France.


A female protester helps herself to a drink as demonstrators loot a McDonald's restaurant.

A masked man holds a waffle cone as he looks onto broken monitors at the McDonald.

The real definition of lazy youths

A masked and hooded protester uses a hammer to smash a pavement during clashes with French CRS riot police at the May Day labour union rally in Paris.

Demonstrators pick up rocks and cobblestones and throw them towards police officers as teargas clouds rise during a demonstration in Paris

Warsaw

Cubans assemble in their capital to mark May Day.

In the background, pictures of Karl Marx and Che Guevara look on

They have a youthful president...I thought he should be sensitive to their demands.



Abi the old punna wey eim dey Shagg don regress his brain ni?


I can never trust any political office holder!

wow, these guys are crazy. The destructions, looking like Hollywood movie scenes

Bullshit

Make we do something like this for 9ja.........dem go uses you na do shooting practice!

#Ogogoro Soldiers #Olopa

The city of Paris has totally lost it's charm

Lalasticlala

Ishilove:
Ke'sele? Ke fa gbogbo nonsense yi?

Ijebu?

K

Acidosis:


Ijebu?

Ishilove:
Ke'sele? Ke fa gbogbo nonsense yi?

Awoofawo:
Make we do something like this for 9ja.........dem go uses you na do shooting practice!

#Ogogoro Soldiers #Olopa

I tell you. Shoot at sight.

Then denials that the protesters shot first.

Then some waka pass people will be picked up investigations will begin.

Bail is free N200k.

Police is untop of the situation.

It's PDP that planned it to destabilize the government.

But why would anyone protest against capitalism .. thats equivalent to wanting govt ownership of facebook...whatsapp...instgram...nairaland etc.

Just look at the mcdonald shop

I really dont unserstand the anarchist agenda

Baba, in your free time, you can go through this and see if you can share. Collection of most inhuman experiments ever conducted

decatalyst:
They have a youthful president...I thought he should be sensitive to their demands.



Abi the old punna wey eim dey Shagg don regress his brain ni?


I can never trust any political office holder!

It's the same every year and it has been happening for decades and will continue to happen no matter who is president.

honjohnbright:
But why would anyone protest against capitalism .. thats equivalent to wanting govt ownership of facebook...whatsapp...instgram...nairaland etc.

Just look at the mcdonald shop

I really dont unserstand the anarchist agenda

Capitalism in its raw form does not have any regard for human life, human rights, worker's rights and nature. It is all about profit. It needs regulations. The experience during industrialization has shown it clearly, the financial crisis in the 30s and the last global financial crisis are other examples what greed can do. I am not a communist, in fact, I come from a family of entrepreneurs but I see why people feel exploited by capitalism.

Whereas in the past, the average CEO made about 20 to 30 times the income of the average worker, today's CEO now makes 273 times more. And meanwhile, a family in the top 1 percent has a net worth 288 times higher than the typical family , which is a record for this country.

Obama

Mindfulness:


Capitalism in its raw form does not have any regard for human life, human rights, worker's rights and nature. It is all about profit. It needs regulations. The experience during industrialization has shown it clearly, the financial crisis in the 30s and the last global financial crisis are other examples what greed can do. I am not a communist, in fact, I come from a family of entrepreneurs but I see why people feel exploited by capitalism.

Whereas in the past, the average CEO made about 20 to 30 times the income of the average worker, today's CEO now makes 273 times more. And meanwhile, a family in the top 1 percent has a net worth 288 times higher than the typical family , which is a record for this country.

Obama

the worst part of america winning the cold war was that it took the reigns off restraint. now america looks like a communist cartoon caricature where corporations call the shots and the masses are little more than feudal serfs

oyb:


the worst part of america winning the cold war was that it took the reigns off restraint. now america looks like a communist cartoon caricature where corporations call the shots and the masses are little more than feudal serfs

Exactly! I believe it all started in the Reagen/Thatcher era. It's an oligarchy now, democracy is endangered, something that has been taken for granted for too long. I find it funny they call the corporate money in politics lobbyism but call it corruption elsewhere.