Sporadic clashes broke out at the greatest demonstrations ever in major European cities, as hundreds of thousands of angry and frustrated people took to the streets of Vienna, Paris and Rome to express their discontent with government repression; the peoples of Europe are not buying the government and media COVID propaganda.

The Austrian capital Vienna on Saturday saw the largest protest turnout since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. About 100,000 people took to the city streets to join scores of lesser size demonstrations protesting government measures.

The protests came a day after the Austrian authorities ordered nationwide compulsory vaccination from February 1 and imposed a full lockdown, starting Monday. The massive procession that spanned over several kilometres marched along Vienna’s central ring road. The city centre was paralyzed for several hours as traffic was restricted.

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Austria’s nationalist Freedom Party, whose members joined the rallies, put the number of protesters at 100,000. Some demonstrations were also attended by members of various ethno-nationalist organisations dubbed ‘right-wing’ by the media. The protests were generally peaceful but footage published by Ruptly video news agency showed scuffles between the retreating police and the demonstrators breaking out.

Law enforcement spoke of a total of five arrests. One incident saw a protester attempting to grab an officer’s gun and take it from its holster. In another incident, the officers were pelted with bottles and fireworks and had to use pepper spray in response.

Hundreds of kilometres away from Vienna, in the French capital Paris, events took a more dramatic turn. There, a demonstration against the Macron regime’s repression, against allegedly ‘for the public health’ coincided with the third anniversary of the Yellow Vests movement. Tens of thousands of protesters took part in the protest, which quickly turned into clashes between the demonstrators and state operatives.

The protesters were building barricades and setting them on fire as well as pelting uniformed state agents with bottles and various other projectiles. Law enforcement responded with profuse amounts of tear gas, sometimes filling entire streets with thick smoke to disperse the crowds.

Rome saw a massive demonstration against Italy’s so-called Covid-19 health pass, also known as the Green Pass. Some 4,000 people gathered in the centre of the Italian capital, according to the police. The demonstrators were waving national flags and chanting Freedom and No Green Pass, referring to the vaccination certificate needed to enter various public venues such as clubs or bars.

The crowd staged a sit-in in the Circus Maximus, an ancient Roman chariot-racing stadium converted into a modern-day park. They remained there after sunset, lighting the area with thousands of phones and coloured smoke bombs. The rally was peaceful, though, as the police did not report any incidents.

Unlike Rome, Italy’s northern city of Milano saw clashes between protesters and the police as government enforcement officers sought to break up an unauthorized rally at the city centre. Large police forces were deployed to the city centre and several squares were cordoned off.

Saturday 20th November saw 120 anti-repression demonstrations around the world few of which were reported by ‘on-message’ pro-regime mainstream media.  Think your friends would be interested? Share this story!