Thanks undercurrents. The brutal raid is now a real story and so many scum journos are trying to cover it. There were some corporate journos in Genoa who have worked hard to get the truth out over the last few days, although others like the reporter from the Daily Mail (who btw were very quiet today about the released britons after their frontpage headline last monday...) were just spinning the official police lines and using dirty tricks to get their story irrespective of who gets hurt by it.

We all need to share info on who to avoid.

(it really was amazing today all the coverage as the truth begins to come out fully - a truth that has been fully available via imc and other independent media groups for days)

that is right. i have also posted a review of the observer next to genoa, and it is identifiable that some action must be taken with this now. this is just an instance that covers a particular case, those affected by the police repression and their right not to talk to the writting pigs. in defense of our common right to be well informed. but also we need to spread now a tactic that should convene more than not buying their product, or despising it. we may perhaps concentrate now on taking them from outside with various moves. boycott can be effective and only give our loudest voice sound within, and defending the active fight orally in their media, would be a huge political boost to make them debate who they are. we can also appear finally as the regular army, and respected, we must become. we have support, ideologically from other armed groups around the world: let us exploit this. let us produce a discourse for us linking our use of violence with the political strugle of the zapatistas, for example, and expose this warlike situation, as oficial, in their media. not to talk to them is as effective as not to give in to a fascist journo, but then boycott in other participative fashions, is necessary to tell the world against us, that we want war. we are at war, for we defend ourselves, and are happy that so it is. and that no doubt action might increase proportiinally against those that wish to cut it short for us and tie it tight with ropes and chain.

I must say I was a little surprised to read the warning about me on the site.

This is the first time I've been reprimanded for accurately reporting the admittedly ill-advised words of senior policeman.

I have had several conversations about the now infamous 'samourai sword' piece and I remain convinced that it was a legitimate attempt to report what was going on. I now understand that people thought the Observer, rather than the police, believed that people might come 'tooled up'. This is, quite simply wrong.

But I have to concede that the presentation of the piece may have contributed to the hype and moral panic surrounding the protests and for this I apologise.

For the record, I haven't changed my mind about the onward march of the beast that is global capitaliism and my respect for those who oppose it has not been dimmed (even after my breifings fromn the City of London police).

In the end, Norman Blair granted me an
interview about Genoa, although he was concerned about the posting. I hope the Observer investigation into events in Italy to be published tomorrow does him and other demonstrators justice and marks a welcome return to my previously 'OK' standards.

Martin

PS Sous le pavé la plage