‘In Prague, the archives of the Gestapo were thrown into the streets.’ ibid. French newsreel
‘The first Soviet tank that entered Free Prague carried the number 23. It was the same tank, now a monument, that was surrounded by other Russian tanks in August 1968.’ ibid. commentator
Dubcek goes to Moscow and finds another Brezhnev who threatens with military invasion and ‘normalization’. ibid.
‘What are you doing in Prague? And you call yourself a communist.’ ibid. demonstrator to man in tank
‘Student demonstration, May 68, quickly repressed the Mexican way. Two hundred dead, and the game opened in a pacified capital.’ ibid. commentator
In Montebello back in 2007 there was three police officers who were dressed as aggressive protesters with rocks in their hands wearing masks in an attempt to incite violence … Into the Fire, Press for Truth 2011
Toronto G20 summit: ‘This is a completely unprecedented level of police’ … ibid.
Why would certain rights be suspended just because the G20 is coming to town? ibid. to rozzers
Toronto has been turned into a police state. ibid.
Above each cage they had two CCTV cameras and a little toilet in the corner with cameras pointing at that as well … Dark and scary and really cold … a cold cage in a warehouse. ibid.
And they said, We’re strip-searching you … Kept beating me in the face … Kicked me in the legs … I have one man sitting on me beating me … ibid. protester
You won’t be making it to the protest today. ibid. rozzer
Thousands of riot police. ibid. protester
If the bubble touches me, you’re going to be arrested for assault. ibid. rozzer
We Do Not Pay take their protest to those public services directly affected by the government’s new charges. Stacey Dooley: Coming Here Soon, BBC 2012
Sunday March 17th London: These people believe world politics are in a mess … All want to bring about a radical social and political change … They claim to be a world-wide rebellion of youth. World in Action: The Demonstration, ITV 1968
‘I shan’t be at all surprised it there’s violence today.’ ibid. radical member of Manchester delegation
A thousand London policeman will be on crowd control duty. ibid.
‘All demonstrations do some good.’ ibid. bus inspector
3.45 at St Paul’s. Canon Collins leads a different kind of protest against the [Vietman] war. ibid.
There is terror on our streets. Last year eleven people died in racist murders. Yet anti-racist campaigners are bitterly divided and are attracting new groups attracted to violence. World in Action: Violence with Violence, ITV 1993
Anti-Nazi League demonstration 16th October 1993 – degenerates instead into confrontation with police. ibid.
You may have heard of the Earth Liberation Front: the Attorney General himself says it’s a domestic terrorist organisation; the FBI says it is one of the most dangerous groups in the country. The ELF has claimed responsibility for more than two-dozen acts of eco-terrorism. If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front, news, 2011
This thing is complex … no-one got hurt. ibid. Daniel
I protested constantly … I wrote hundreds of protest letters. ibid.
There is this new kind of protest … people would call it sabotage or monkeywrenching. ibid.
In the months after the Ranger Station fires there was a split within the environmental movement. ibid.
Six of Daniel’s co-defendants have appeared in court to accept plea-deals; in exchange for reduced sentences they’ve agreed to testify in the government’s case against the remaining defendants. ibid.
In 1999 tens of thousands of people converged on Seattle to protest the WTO and its effect on the environment and labor … The police responded with force to clear the streets. ibid.
For centuries Ukraine has existed between the axis of east and west. In 1991 Ukraine declares its independence from the Soviet Union. In 2004 pro-Russian candidate Viktor Yanukovitch wins the presidential vote; the election was found to be rigged. As a result, the people took to the streets in a peaceful protest called the Orange Revolution … In 2010 Yanukovitch returns. Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom, 2015
Ukraine is part of Europe! … ‘to demand our politicians sign the agreement with the European Union.’ ibid. protest
‘The troops beat everyone with iron sticks.’ ibid. protester
‘From that came the march of the millions.’ ibid. priest
‘The whole country said this must stop.’ ibid. soldier
‘The police threw stun grenades.’ ibid. protester
‘The night of December 11th showed how important the spirit of unity is.’ ibid.
‘The catalyst was the laws passed on January 16th.’ ibid.
‘They [soldiers] completely destroyed the medical station.’ ibid.
The lights are out all over Egypt. The Square, opening scene, 2013
Egypt was living without dignity. Injustice existed everywhere. Before the revolution I lived from one job to the next. I started working when I was eight years old. ibid. Ahmed
They forced us to live for 30 years under emergency law. ibid.
We will go down and demand our fundamental human rights. ibid. protester
We have taken Tahrir Square! … The entire nation erupted at once. ibid.
When Mubarak stepped down the armed forces took over the country’s affairs. They swore to God to meet the people’s demands. So the people went home. And nothing happened. ibid.
So we went back to the square. ibid.
They arrest people and take them to the museum. ibid.
The battle is in the images; the battle is in the stories. ibid.
The Muslim Brotherhood started shouting, ‘Islamic rule! Islamic rule!’ … The Brotherhood began to use the Square to negotiate with the Army. They’re not calling for the people’s demands but for their political demands. ibid.
They were firing live bullets at us … People were falling one by one. ibid.
Even the doctors are dying. ibid.
We’re stuck between a rock and a hard place. ibid.
Winter 2012-13: Two years after the start of the revolution President Morsi gave himself unchecked powers. Tensions rise between the Brotherhood and the revolutionaries. ibid.
Religion is the biggest problem we face in this next phase. ibid. Ahmed
The people demand the fall of the regime! ibid. Square protest
Revolution is a culture of the people. ibid. Ahmed
This could be the largest demonstration seen in the history of the world. ibid.
Ahmed and Khalid continue to fight for an alternative to Military or Brotherhood rule. ibid.
This is my country. And this is the way it’s been for more than 40 years. I only remember a few weeks when things were any different. In 1988 I was just a little boy. But that’s when everybody in Burma got into the streets. They’d had enough of military rulers. They wanted change. It was the students who led the demonstrations … At the end of the day 3,000 people were killed in the streets. And it was all over. Burma VJ: Reporting From a Closed Country ***** 2008
We have no more people to die. ibid.
I feel the world is forgetting about us. ibid.
I followed very close and saw them throw the demonstrator on the truck. ibid.
The movement is bigger and bigger. ibid.
‘The whole world must know that the monks are on strike.’ ibid. head of monks
The monks protected the reporters. ibid.
‘Today up to 100,000 people took to the streets of Rangoon.’ ibid. news
‘They beat them up and dragged them on to trucks.’ ibid. witness
‘We’ve seen amazing scenes of defiance on the streets of Rangoon today.’ ibid. BBC news
‘Soldiers beat up and arrested the monks.’ ibid. witness
They are shooting. ibid.