WATCH: Standoff in Glasgow
The vitriol came from both sides separated by a 20-meter, no-man’s land manned by a wall of yellow-clad Glaswegian police.
For nearly three hours, invectives were hurled across the divide. Each saw the other as mortal enemies, though it was unlikely anyone knew anyone from the other side.
The pro-immigrant protesters far outnumbered Robinson’s supporters in George Square, prompting schoolyard taunts from the pro-immigrant side: “There are many, many more of us than you!”
A sea of Palestinian flags flew behind one end of the barricades and a sole Israeli flag at the other. Confusion and fear stirred up by a two-party state and mainstream media on Gaza and refugees.
An Establishment that absolves itself from disasters it routinely creates: eviscerating industrial jobs, launching wars of foreign adventure with American partners spurring waves of refugees, stoking xenophobia, engaging in the impoverishing politics of debt spawning desperate developing world migrants.
The police, who often exacerbate tension in such situations, remained neutral and gradually moved both groups off the square, though neither side wanted to be seen leaving first. — Joe Lauria
Camera: Joe Lauria Editing: Cathy Vogan
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