2,000,000 March in Rome against proposed liberalisation of Labour Laws/Terrorism
Irish Blissett | 23.03.2002 17:04
Reports on IMC Italy (1) say that up to 2,000,000 people are marching in Rome today against proposed changes in the country’s labour laws which would make it easier for employers to fire and hire workers. The demonstration, which follows close on the heels of a similarly massive demonstration against neo-liberal economic policies in Barcelona went ahead despite calls from the Berlusconi government to suspend it in the wake of the controversial murder of Italian government adviser Professor Marco Biagi (2).
Reports on IMC Italy (1) say that up to 2,000,000 people are marching in Rome today against proposed changes in the country’s labour laws which would make it easier for employers to fire and hire workers. The demonstration, which follows close on the heels of a similarly massive demonstration against neo-liberal economic policies in Barcelona went ahead despite calls from the Berlusconi government to suspend it in the wake of the controversial murder of Italian government adviser Professor Marco Biagi (2).
A document (3) published on Thursday 21st March on the website www.caserta24ore.org styled as a communiqué from ‘The Red Brigades Combatant Communist Party’ claimed responsibility for the murder and was deemed ‘credible’ by the Italian Police on the strength of its ‘language and content’. This statement has been widely posted on activist sites all over the net in the last 24 hours.
Luca Casarini, spokesman for the Tutti Bianche and the most visible ‘face’ of the No-Global movement in Italy, has released a statement (4) characterizing the murder as ‘a horrible pro-regime homicide’. It has been widely condemned by the left in Italy which quickly moved to use today’s demonstration as a show of opposition to terrorism.
The murder, and the way in which it was quickly linked by the Berlusconi Regime to the Left in Italy, raises memories of the 70’s in Italy and of the ‘strategy of tension’ (5) which saw state sponsorship of terrorist acts which were then blamed on the left. This occurred at a time when left movements in Italy were in the ascendant. This historical background to this week’s events explains the context and importance of Casarini’s Statement on the Biagi murder and of the COBAS statement (6) on the same subject.
Berlusconi is historically linked to this dark side of Italian Political history through his association with the notorious P2 group (5).
(1)
http://www.uk.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=25755&group=webcast
(2)
http://www.indymedia.nl/2002/03/2800.shtml
(3)
http://www.indymedia.ie/cgi-bin/newswire.cgi?id=1191
(4)
http://www.uk.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=25651&group=webcast
(5)
http://www.indymedia.ie/cgi-bin/newswire.cgi?id=1175
(6)
http://www.uk.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=25650&group=webcast
A document (3) published on Thursday 21st March on the website www.caserta24ore.org styled as a communiqué from ‘The Red Brigades Combatant Communist Party’ claimed responsibility for the murder and was deemed ‘credible’ by the Italian Police on the strength of its ‘language and content’. This statement has been widely posted on activist sites all over the net in the last 24 hours.
Luca Casarini, spokesman for the Tutti Bianche and the most visible ‘face’ of the No-Global movement in Italy, has released a statement (4) characterizing the murder as ‘a horrible pro-regime homicide’. It has been widely condemned by the left in Italy which quickly moved to use today’s demonstration as a show of opposition to terrorism.
The murder, and the way in which it was quickly linked by the Berlusconi Regime to the Left in Italy, raises memories of the 70’s in Italy and of the ‘strategy of tension’ (5) which saw state sponsorship of terrorist acts which were then blamed on the left. This occurred at a time when left movements in Italy were in the ascendant. This historical background to this week’s events explains the context and importance of Casarini’s Statement on the Biagi murder and of the COBAS statement (6) on the same subject.
Berlusconi is historically linked to this dark side of Italian Political history through his association with the notorious P2 group (5).
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Irish Blissett
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Eye on Italy
23.03.2002 17:28
Moloch
3 millions
23.03.2002 17:58
What about a 2 or even 3 Millions march in London ? do you think it's possible ?
3 Billions
Thats the way to do it!
23.03.2002 19:17
rich
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Vatican freemasonry terrorism?
23.03.2002 22:45
dh
liz taylor
23.03.2002 23:50
liz taylor
dh
They're all at it
24.03.2002 00:29
They're all at it
dh
Big fuss
24.03.2002 01:04
Dan Brett
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Even Yasser
24.03.2002 01:12
dh
Never heard about it
24.03.2002 12:11
I and possibly other regular readers of Indymedia don't recall anyone posting anything about Namibia etc on Indymedia, maybe, just maybe because it's a poor 3rd world country unlike Italy where ownership of computers and access to computers is miles higher. Thus the flow of information is more remote?
I don't read the corporate media whether this may have been reported, so get off my case.But cheers for the person who let us know about the Gen strike in Nigeria.
Aah.. isn't that what Indymedia is all about? Not slagging people off for not acknowledging things they do not know about, and ridiculously accusing people of being racist?
Ill informed
Was it 2 million or 3 million
25.03.2002 23:52
confused
Watch those ...
26.03.2002 10:55
waiting for the general strike