[A Infos] (en) Actions continue in Iceland
Before you read this article you might want to check out another article to read about what has been happening in Iceland before. Click here http://aftaka.org/2008/12/12/direct-action-in-iceland/ to check it out (with pictures). —- ?Away with the government? or something else. —- Saturday, December 13th, one more mass demonstration had been planned on Austurvöllur, a square in front of the parliament. But this time, after 9 weeks of speeches, people decided to keep silent for 17 minutes, one minute for each year that Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn (a right wing conservative party) has been in power. It was rather lame and embarrassing to stand there in silence but after the 17 minutes of silence, an alarm clock rang, which was supposed to symbolize the waking of Icelandic people. Jacket suits and other symbols of the male dominated authority, were burned. …