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Mass Protests Against New European Central Bank HQ in Frankfurt

There is nothing to celebrate in austerity and impoverishment! About 17,000 people and determined activists from all over Europe gathered in Frankfurt(Germany) for yesterday's afternoon demonstration. Arriving by bus, train and caravan people came to interrupt this celebration of power and capital. Their voices against the austerity crisis and capitalistic greed of the ECB were heard loud and clear...

Only one day earlier one group, involved in the "Blockupy Movement", stated the following: "We don’t have a crystal ball and we cannot foresee what exactly will have happened on the evening of March 18. But according to what we know and hope for, Blockupy can become much more than another blockade or another rebellious ritual..."

But the group's suppositions went wrong! While the afternoon/evening demo was almost peacefully... 

...already in the morning(7~10 a.m.CET) about 6000 militant activists from all over Europe took the the streets in downtown Frankfurt, clashed with thousands of riot cops(more detailed info in English you'll get here, a Korean report you'll get here and here you'll get a report in German)...