The Police is running out of petrol

There's a lot of talk and criticism in the UK regarding the Government's spending cuts, but in Italy, as usual, we take things to another level.

The police has been deeply affected by the cuts and police unions have organised protests in many Italian cities today. But what is peculiar about these protests? The unions are also doing a fundraising, asking citizens to donate money to a fund for the purchase of petrol. The cuts are so bad that the police soon won't be able to afford petrol for their cars.

When I read this shocking news, a comment piece written by Naomi Klein following the London riots, came to mind:

"You can't cut police budgets at the same time as you cut everything else. Because when you rob people of what little they have, in order to protect the interests of those who have more than anyone deserves, you should expect resistance – whether organised protests or spontaneous looting. And that's not politics. It's physics."


Well, I think that what Naomi Klein said for London, applies perfectly to the riots in Rome that we witnessed only a few days ago.

Riots in Rome