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The "fire of protest" in canada's capital is rapidly burning in the West, with protesters in the United States rushing to Washington, anti-vaccine fighters in Britain gathering outside parliament chanting slogans, and New Zealand, another country in the Five Eyes, also falling into "chaos".
According to the Global Network, since the 8th of this month, people across New Zealand have followed the example of Canada's "free motorcade" protests, riding trucks, cars and even motorcycles to the capital Wellington to demonstrate. Hundreds of vehicles have been blocked near The New Zealand Parliament, and surrounding road traffic is on the verge of paralysis. The protesters marched through the streets holding signs aloft, slamming Prime Minister Ardern's anti-epidemic measures, opposing the mandatory wearing of masks and compulsory vaccinations, and demanding the restoration of "freedom." Among the protesters, expatriates also held high the Canadian flag, claiming to support Canada's "brothers" who fought for "freedom."
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in front of the Parliament building threatened to camp here, some of whom had already set up tents in front of the building. Although the New Zealand police set up roadblocks before the Parliament building and the protesters, on the 10th, when the demonstrators tried to storm the parliament, there was a fierce clash with the police, and many demonstrators forcibly crossed the barricades and fought with the police. A video circulating online shows New Zealand police forcibly dragging or carrying away protesters from the scene, some with torn clothes and a woman naked.
The video shows that while the police were stopping the demonstrators from attacking, several police officers pulled a from the crowd and pushed her to the ground, a man stepped forward and took out a white blanket to cover the woman, the police put it on the woman's head, and a male officer knelt directly on the woman's neck and head. Subsequently, the naked woman was dragged away by her hair. The British media described the protest scene in New Zealand as "ugly".
According to reports, the New Zealand police have arrested more than a hundred people during the demonstrations, and like Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau, Ardern does not intend to negotiate with the protesters. In fact, New Zealand's anti-epidemic performance is excellent, the country's strict epidemic prevention measures have effectively curbed the spread of the virus, and only more than 50 of the country's more than 5 million people have died due to the new crown. But under the onslaught of extremist ideas and protests in the West, some New Zealanders who are tired of restrictive measures have also been encouraged to start targeting the Ardern government.
Today, the protests that have swept across Canada, New Zealand and Europe are expected to continue to spread. At the same time, Canadian public opinion has sobered up and accused the United States of fanning the flames and exporting "riots." It is reported that the United States has provided financial support to Protesters in Canada, and the Us fundraising platform is also publicly raising funds for Canadian protesters, and when the platform announced that it would stop fundraising, it was also attacked by Republican lawmakers. What is more interesting is that Trump and other Us politicians have not shied away from publicly supporting the Canadian protests. A recent poll showed that nearly 80 percent of Canadians were concerned that democratic divisions in the United States would pose a threat to Canada's stability.
The United States has long advertised itself as a "beacon," but their "myth of democracy" has long since been shattered. The United States is no longer a model of "democracy", but has become a model of "riots", and the scene of Washington's "seizure of Congress" seems to be staged in other Western countries.