Police Kill Protester in Genoa!

Joe R. Golowka joeG at ieee.org
Fri Jul 20 11:59:33 PDT 2001


Joe R. Golowka JoeG at ieee.org Anarchist FAQ - http://www.anarchistfaq.org

"The fact is that Liberal-Democracy seldom voices any arguments against Anarchism as such -- other than relying on prejudice -- because its objections are purely authoritarian and unmask the innate Statism and authoritarianism of liberalism. Nowadays conservatives like to appropriate the name 'libertarianism' to describe themselves as if they were more receptive to freedom than socialists. But their libertarianism is confined to keeping the State out of interfering in their business affairs. Once anarchism makes it plain that it is possible to have both social justice and to dispense with the State they are shown in their true colours. Their arguments against State socialism and Communism may sound 'libertarian', but their arguments against Anarchism reveal that they are essentially authoritarian. That is why they prefer to rely upon innuendo, slanders, and false reporting, which is part of the establishment anti-anarchism, faithfully supported by the media." - Albert Meltzer ----- Original Message ----- From: <MillerMemorials at aol.com> To: <ait-iwa-talk at list.uncanny.net> Cc: <syndicalists at flag.blackened.net> Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 1:08 PM Subject: [syndicalists] FWD nefac: Police Kill Protester in Genoa


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> Protester dies in G8 summit clash
> July 20, 2001 Posted: 12:11 PM EDT (1611 GMT)
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> GENOA, Italy -- A demonstrator has been killed amid clashes in the
> Italian city of Genoa where the leaders of the world's major
> industrialised countries are meeting for an annual summit.
>
> The Ministry of the Interior confirmed the death to CNN but the cause is
> not yet known.
>
> Italian police have been using tear gas and water cannon to try to stop
> activists breaking the ring of steel protecting the G8 talks.
>
> Police detained more than 30 anti-globalisation and debt relief
> protesters near the "red zone" earlier Friday as windows were smashed and
> black smoke rose from burning vehicles and rubbish bins in the
> Mediterranean port town.
>
> About 200 protesters threw a petrol bomb into a local prison after
> breaking its windows before they were chased off the scene by security
> guards.
>
> In one place a handful of activists broke through the steel barriers
> bordering the heavily restricted area before police retook control of the
> situation.
>
> The "red zone" is open only to summit participants and aides, journalists
> and the Genoese residents who did not flee the city as police and
> protesters poured in during the last few days.
>
> Police used water cannon about 300 metres from the Renaissance palace
> where the leaders of the main industrialised nations, including U.S.
> President George W. Bush, were lunching.
>
> A Reuters reporter said a policeman fired shots into the air from his
> pistol in an effort to force back the crowds in a separate incident in
> another part of the town.
>
> Riot police in armoured personnel carriers and on horseback sealed off a
> square at the edge of the red zone in an attempt to stave off an attack.
>
> Three paramilitary police and a journalist were taken to hospital with
> minor injuries, police told Reuters.
>
> The bulk of the anti-globalisation and debt relief march was peaceful,
> with demonstrators carrying placards saying "Zero Debt" and "People not
> Profits."
>
> Former rock star and celebrity charity figure Bob Geldof, who is in Genoa
> to lobby leaders for debt relief for developing countries, condemned the
> violence.
>
> He told reporters: "I just don't think the violence will achieve
> anything. The debt campaigners have never been violent, and they have
> achieved a lot."
>
> Some protesters, including an Italian group called the White Overalls,
> have vowed to crash through the perimeter of the red zone on Friday.
>
> Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has vowed to crack down on violence and
> has deployed about 20,000 police and soldiers to patrol the city and
> waters off the port.
>
> Shipping containers have been used to block the estimated 70,0000
> demonstrators expected to march towards the summit site.
>
> "Setting up the containers has sharpened the confrontation," said
> Francesco Caruso, a spokesman for the protesters, The Associated Press
> reported.
>
> The G8 -- made up of the U.S., UK, Japan, Germany, Italy, France, Canada
> and Russia -- will use the summit to discuss the world economy, U.N.
> health initiatives and a raft of other wide-ranging issues.
>
> Bush, who could also face criticism inside and outside the summit over
> his policy on global warming and his plans for a missile defence system,
> criticised those planning to protest before arriving in Genoa.
>
> He said: "For those who want to shut down trade I say this to them as
> clearly as I can -- You are hurting poor countries.
>
> "For those who are going to use this opportunity to say the world should
> become isolationist, you are condemning those who are poor to poverty and
> we don't accept it."
>
>
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