Paris Firefighters Clash with Police

In the city of Paris today, firefighters clashed with police over pay rises and a long overdue rise in their hazard bonus, which hasn't changed in 30 years. The protest became very violent as police used tear gas and heavy-handed baton tactics, causing injuries on both sides.

When one observes these battles between two institutions designed to serve and protect its citizens, and wonder, why is the government continuing to screw them over, pay-wise, when the cost of living in Paris continues to reach higher levels?

Indeed, the fire fighters have joined the “yellow vests” protest, that has been on-going for over a year.

Last Saturday, the protesters, hit the streets again, as they do every weekend, to bring to light to their government, that austerity, low wages, and their taxes going to the rich, will no longer be tolerated.

Not so surprising, however, the majority of the MSM, particularly in the US, is all but silent on the story. This makes sense, when their democratic socialist presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders, rises in the poles. The US corporate owned government, and the corporate owned media, certainly does not desire to give the American people any ideas now, would they? What is heartening, is many American's are waking up to the lies of their government.

Back in Paris, the firefighters went even further to demonstrate their protest of continued low wages, by setting themselves on fire. (See image above) This only goes to prove how serious they truly are.

One wonders, now that the fire brigade has hit the streets along with the people, when will the police follow? Taking this further, if police strike and protest, all that is left is the military. Curiously, following the military clashing with the protesters, once the military turn against the government, the establishment has fallen., a true revolution will have commenced. Certainly fascinating to speculate a long these lines. But it seems to heading in that direction.

Any casual observer of world protests around the world, realises that the corporate greed and utter strangle hold the Neo-liberal establishment has had over the people, is reaching a tipping point. Austerity on the middle class, basic workers, and the poor can no longer be justified, when the ruling class steals all the money for themselves. And that's exactly what has been happening, as the 1% own more wealth, in a few families, than the bottom 45%.

Our governments are ruled by corporations, whose only goal is short term profits. Following the weapon manufactures, our paid politicians would rather send us to war, than help the elderly, sick and disadvantaged.

To be sure, all their empty rhetoric, and propaganda is beginning to fall on deaf ears.

The revolution is beginning, and the ruling class are running scarred.