https://internationalviewpoint.org/ International Viewpoint, the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International, is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of the globe. Correspondents in over 50 countries report on popular struggles, and the debates that are shaping the left of tomorrow. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://internationalviewpoint.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH25/siteon0-da713.png?1745245334 https://internationalviewpoint.org/ 25 144 https://internationalviewpoint.org/Gezi-Park-Evacuated-Istanbul-and-Turkey-Explode https://internationalviewpoint.org/Gezi-Park-Evacuated-Istanbul-and-Turkey-Explode 2013-06-17T11:46:08Z text/html en Sungur Savran Turkey <p>After days of hesitation and negotiation, the government has finally decided to evacuate the Taksim Commune, where thousands camped in Gezi Park and which tens of thousands visited every night. Police attacked Gezi Park yesterday evening (June 15) and after evacuating it using tear gas and, as a novelty, water cannon apparently supplemented with a special kind of chemical since it burnt the skin of everyone it touched, razed the tents, the infirmary, the kitchens and the library established there to the ground.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV461-June-2013-" rel="directory">IV461 - June 2013</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Turkey-+" rel="tag">Turkey</a>