From Berlin to Dublin, Paris to London, Melbourne to Montreal, citizens are taking to the streets to voice anger over the continuing breach of freedoms imposed by COVID restrictions.
As the Trends Journal has been reporting since March, when politicians launched the COVID War, as with other wars, they have no exit strategy and ignore the socioeconomic, geopolitical, physical and psychological damage caused by their orders of destruction.
Now, several months later, political leaders are re-locking down nations and/or imposing new COVID Restrictions… and tens of thousands across four continents are taking to the streets.
Here is a summary of the growing protests over the past two weeks:
DUBLIN: Last Saturday, some two thousand anti-mask demonstrators took to the streets of Dublin. The march was put together by the group “Yellow Vest Ireland,” which refers to itself as a “people’s movement” and is not affiliated with any particular political party. Most of those marching did not wear masks nor adhere to social distancing rules.
Some carried signs reading, “Take Off Your Masks” and “What Do We Want? Freedom.” Others had signs reading, “It’s Only a Cold,” referring to a recent claim by Dr. Martin Feeley, Clinical Director of the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group, that the coronavirus is “much less severe” than the annual seasonal flu, according to a report in the 12 September Irish Times. The article also quoted Dr. Feeley as calling the virus restrictions “draconian” and “unjustified.”
MELBOURNE: Organizers of a rally last weeend in Australia’s third largest city promoted the event as a “legal walk allowing citizens to come together, get healthy and talk about getting our freedom back.” They were confronted by a circle of mounted police and about 100 additional police in armored vehicles and dressed in full riot gear.
Police arrested 74 and issued over $280,000 in fines.
Before the rally, Victoria State Police made unannounced entries into the homes of almost 100 citizens they listed as “dissidents” to warn them not to participate in the scheduled demonstration. Over the weekend, dozens of protesters were arrested.
After the first rally, Daniel Andrews, Premier of Victoria, called those attending “selfish.”
Many of the protesters referred to the Premier as “Dictator Dan.”
Also making news was a comment by Luke Cornelius from Victoria Police’s North West Metro region. Assistant Commissioner Cornelius, on having to warn Melburnians about attending the next planned protest (for those who don’t bow down, suck up, and do what they’re told by the government and believe they have the freedom to resist), said,
“To be honest, I feel a bit like a dog returning to eat his own vomit. It goes without saying, yes, it’s incredibly frustrating. And if people were less selfish and a bit more grown up, we wouldn’t have to keep doing this.”
TRENDPOST: Since March, 816 people in Australia have died from the virus out of a population of 25.5 million or 0.0032 percent. As we have been reporting, the vast majority, as with most nations, have been from nursing homes.
Why are governments failing to take preventative measures to slow eldercare home virus death rates and instead impose draconian lockdowns on their nations, states, and cities?
To prove the reality of their failure and who is dying from the virus, this was reported yesterday in the NZ Herald:
“A new Federal Government report has revealed a snapshot of Covid-19 outbreaks and revealed Victoria’s devastating new statistic.
The national snapshot of Covid-19 outbreaks in Australian residential aged care facilities shows that out of a total 1,967 resident cases there have been 580 deaths.
And the vast majority of these have been at facilities in Victoria, with St Basil’s Home for the Aged suffering the highest single facility Covid-19 death cluster of any aged care home in Australia.
Six of the seven deaths reported on Sunday morning were connected to aged care.”
Indeed, this harsh, sad reality should encourage Assistant Commissioner Luke Cornelius to “eat his own vomit” for ignorantly blaming people to be “less selfish and a bit more grown up” when he is too ignorant to see who is dying, why, and where.
MONTREAL: On Saturday, several thousand Canadian citizens filled a 60-block area of the nation’s second largest city to protest the mask wearing mandate. The march started outside the office of Premier François Legault and included, according to reporting by the Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC), demonstrators “of all ages, and from a wide-variety of mindsets.”
Geneviève Guilbault, Quebec’s deputy premier, said, “I understand it’s an anti-mask demonstration, but the rules are for everyone, so we ask people to obey them.”
The day of the demonstration happened to coincide with a new order allowing police to fine people for not wearing masks.
Organizers invited a number of speakers, many of whom blamed the government for excessive reaction to the virus.
Of those protesters willing to be interviewed, the CBC quoted a man who said he is confident that if fined for not wearing a mask, a court will overturn it. One woman stated, “All humanity is in danger if we blindly obey these excessive orders.”
The government has voiced concern over what it considers a dangerous spike in cases. The CBC stated, “After a period of several weeks where daily new cases in the province were around or below 100, the number of new cases began to rise in late August. On Saturday, 244 new cases were reported, the most since June 4.”
It should be noted that those 244 new cases are in a province with a population of just under 8.5 million people. As of the weekend, about 5,800 have died in the province or 0.07 percent.
BERLIN, LONDON, PARIS: Citizens fed up with mandatory mask-wearing, social distance impositions, and those against a rush to market vaccination gathered on 28 and 29 August in Berlin, London, and Paris.
In Berlin, almost 40,000 protestors were confronted by police who eventually arrested 300 people, according to Reuters. Berlin police issued a statement over Twitter saying, “Unfortunately, we have no other option.” The statement referenced demonstrators who had not adhered to the safety conditions required for the large gathering.
A rally nearby of some 30,000 people was allowed to continue due to demonstrators abiding by the social distance requirements.
About 3,000 police arrived on the scene after reading social media posts across many European countries which called on people to join the protest in Berlin. German Chancellor Angela Merkel publicly called on citizens to maintain vigilance against the virus stating, “This is a serious matter, as serious as it’s ever been, and you need to carry on taking it seriously.” She added life will not return to normal until “we have the vaccine or treatment for coronavirus.”
The day before, Chancellor Merkel imposed a fine of 50 euros ($59) for failing to wear a mask where required and banned major public events for the rest of the year.
9,500 in Germany have died from COVID-19 in a country of 83 million or 0.01 percent.
On 29 August, thousands showed up in London’s Trafalgar Square to voice anger over COVID-19 restrictions and mass vaccinations.
The demonstrators represented a wide range, which included those tired of having freedoms taken away, anti-vaxxers, and some who think the whole coronavirus phenomenon is a hoax.
One woman carried a sign calling for what the Trends Journal has been advocating for years (and more frequently in the past months). Her sign read, “Let Food Be Thy Medicine” and “Health Doesn’t Come From the Tip of a Needle.”
In Paris, a smaller rally of about 300 took place on the same day. A number of signs read “Masks are Muzzles.”
French officials announced masks were mandatory in all public places across Paris. Many other municipalities and local officials have added mandates that masks must be worn in any crowded outdoor area and shared workplaces.
About 31,000 in France have died from COVID-19 in a country of 67 million or 0.05 percent.
TREND FORECAST: We maintain our forecast that over the coming months and years, new freedom/populist/nationalist political parties will be formed in nations across the world to counter ruling establishments which impose dictatorial rules and regulations in violation of Constitutions and the Bill of Rights.
