Rio de Janeiro , January 25 : Today , the first act under the name “ Não vai ter Copa ” ( The World Cup won ’ t happen ) took place . The shouts against the World Cup that started in the popular uprisings of 2013 echoed this time at rich people ’ s doors , much to their terror . This act started at the front of Copacabana Palace hotel , one of the most luxurious hotels of Rio de Janeiro , in Zona Sul ( South ) in the neighbourhood of Copacabana , home to the houses of the upper class .
This act , in which political parties played no role , had a very popular character , with independent people as well as organisations that support and are linked with the struggles of poor and peripheral people .
This act closed one of the lanes of the main avenue that goes from Copacabana to Ipanema , where a lane of another main road was also occupied . Despite the big police apparatus , the demonstrators were not intimidated and started in a very expressive way to call the attention of those around them . Along the route the demo attracted the attention of residents , people in restaurants , and others close by . On approach to Ipanema , a police blockade attempted to reroute the demonstration , but this was broken through by demonstrators , who occupied a different lane than the one the cops wanted them to follow . The demo ended at the apartment building where Rio ’ s current governor Sergio Cabral lives .
São Paulo , January 25 : More than 2000 people ( plus the same number of cops and their ultramodern apparatus ) met in the streets of São Paulo .
It is in front of the Municipal Theatre that the march , until then peaceful , tumbles into violence . Blocked from continuing down one street , the demonstrators go to another one where some shops and banks are attacked . Military and riot police with their shields run after the demonstrators .
McDonald ’ s attacked , fire inside the banks , at Banco do Brasil , Caixa Economica Federal and Bradesco . There was the beginning of a fire and molotovs were thrown .
The Military police lined up in order to stop the demonstrators from going to Praça da República where the main show to commemorate São Paulo ’ s 460th birthday was happening . Cans and bottles were thrown at the audience . Tumult broke out in between the gigs of Paulinho da Viola and Opalas . Dozens of audience members tried to run away from the disarray and were squeezed against the fence that separated the public area from the back stage .
Bottles and other objects were again thrown at the stage . In the middle of the confusion a masked person was trapped against the fence and violently beaten with punches and kicks by a group of people ( as only drunk and in a group would these cowardly shitheads dare to hit someone ), in this way showing their role as exemplary citizens fused in the spectacular orgies offered by the state , to which they bow their heads in front of 460 years of state terrorism …
One of the cowards hit the masked one a few times with a crutch , so hard that it broke on top of him . The “ group ” hit him so much that he had to be “ saved ” by a security guard at the event that took him to the back of the stage where he was kept until PM arrival , 15 minutes later . He was taken to a Santa Casa ( religious charity “ mafia style ” organization ) clinic before being taken to the cop station .
Fire started as well , close to Praça Roosevelt . A Volkswagen Beetle with people inside caught on fire after passing over a flaming mattress on Rua Xavier de Toledo . Some demonstrators went up Rua Augusta and , trapped by the lackeys of the state , went inside two hotels : Linson and Bristol . A bus full of riot cops arrived to arrest them .
With the masked ones in front , the demonstration went down Avenida Brigadeiro Luis Antônio shouting against the world cup . Scared , several merchants closed their doors as the crowd was getting close . PM estimates that 1,500 “ demonstrators ” were walking towards Praça da Sé . There was a bit of a tussle between the lackeys and the demonstrators that soon dissipated . Around 17h30 , roughly a thousand people occupied Avenida Paulista and closed both lanes of the road . All in all , 108 were arrested by the riot cops and 20 by the local cops , for a total of 128 arrests as of 00h02 Sunday . From what we know everybody was released the day after .
However , 22-year-old Fabricio Proteus Chaves was shot by the cowards of the military police . Pursued by the lackeys , he was shot twice in Higienópolis . According to the reports of the corporate media , Fabricio was out of a coma today ( monday ) but is still in serious condition and is breathing only with the help of machines .
We can ’ t shut up when confronted with repressive acts like this one from either the citizens or the state lackeys . We know that we are at war , thus we have to prepare to face the repressive actions of those that will defend their interests at any cost … To get ready is also to communicate , diffuse and be in solidarity .
THE WORLD CUP WON ’ T HAPPEN !
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