{"id":48524,"date":"2021-01-18T18:37:05","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T22:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=48524"},"modified":"2021-01-18T18:46:16","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T22:46:16","slug":"anti-covid-lockdown-storm-is-gathering-force-globally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=48524","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Covid Lockdown STORM Gathering Force Globally"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>1000s Denounce COVID Lockdown In Amsterdam As Chaos Unfolds At &#8220;Unauthorized&#8221; Gathering<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>Multiple anti-lockdown demonstrations were observed in Europe over the weekend. The largest one was seen in\u00a0the Austrian capital, Vienna, Saturday, where at least 10,000 people\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/10000-protesters-vienna-march-against-coronavirus-restrictions\">marched<\/a>\u00a0against new coronavirus restrictions. Then thousands more were seen in Amsterdam, the Netherlands&#8217; capital, denouncing new\u00a0restrictive measures against their freedoms imposed by the government.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, the demonstration in Vienna was mostly peaceful, even with a massive crowd. As for protests in Amsterdam, well, many\u00a0clashed with riot police in an unauthorized demonstration.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-health-coronavirus-netherlands-protes\/thousands-protest-in-amsterdam-against-dutch-coronavirus-lockdown-idUSKBN29M0EJ\">Reuters<\/a>, the unauthorized gathering was around the Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh Museum art galleries on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>People were waving flags and carrying signs the read:\u00a0<strong><em>&#8220;Freedom: stop this siege&#8221; and singing &#8220;What do we want? Freedom!&#8221;.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_tablet__3QEBr Advert_mobile__1rlLc Advert_align__N0_fw Advert_placement__1I4yb\"><\/div>\n<p>Many of the anti-lockdown protesters wore no masks nor practiced safe social distancing measures, such as standing six feet apart from one another.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1350897077300113408&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fthousands-denounce-coronavirus-lockdown-amsterdam-chaos-unfolds-unauthorized-gathering&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1350897077300113408\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1350837342534332421&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fthousands-denounce-coronavirus-lockdown-amsterdam-chaos-unfolds-unauthorized-gathering&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1350837342534332421\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Reuters noted\u00a0the\u00a0original protest on Museum Square was denied a permit. Still, demonstrators showed up anyway, angered that their freedoms have been whittled away under the guise of coronavirus restrictions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dutch Police Spray Watter Cannon At Protesters\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2021-01-18_08-11-41.png?itok=9hRfTQnO\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2021-01-18_08-11-41.png?itok=9hRfTQnO\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2021-01-18_08-11-41.png?itok=9hRfTQnO\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"291\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"9f353ab7-7646-49d9-8cce-6c8e04759eb6\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_align__N0_fw Advert_placement__1I4yb\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Amsterdam Riots\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2021-01-18_08-08-35.png?itok=xjewpjno\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2021-01-18_08-08-35.png?itok=xjewpjno\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2021-01-18_08-08-35.png?itok=xjewpjno\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"414\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"815e6951-5602-4610-8cae-42e0e25ba73d\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The crowd became more irate throughout Sunday afternoon as they clashed with riot police.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1351076868099764224&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fthousands-denounce-coronavirus-lockdown-amsterdam-chaos-unfolds-unauthorized-gathering&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1351076868099764224\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>In the early days of the pandemic, the Dutch government was more reluctant than most neighboring countries to impose coronavirus restrictions. But during a dark virus winter, the government closed schools and shops in December, along with extending lockdowns by at least three more weeks.<\/p>\n<p><em>Increased social restrictions have been the breaking point for many in the Netherlands.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/thousands-denounce-coronavirus-lockdown-amsterdam-chaos-unfolds-unauthorized-gathering\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/thousands-denounce-coronavirus-lockdown-amsterdam-chaos-unfolds-unauthorized-gathering<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1000s Denounce COVID Lockdown In Amsterdam As Chaos Unfolds At &#8220;Unauthorized&#8221; Gathering<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48524\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}