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Manchester protest against the persecution of Roma in Italy

libertarian communist | 19.09.2008 15:57 | Anti-racism | Migration | Repression

Anarchists and No Borders activists demonstrate at the Italian Consulate in Manchester








Over 60 protesters picketed the Italian consulate in Manchester today, in a demonstration against the worst persecution in Italy since the fascist era. The protest, called by the Anarchist Federation and No Borders, saw both sides of the Ducie Street entrance to the consulate at 111 Picadilly picketed, with the picket extending down the street and onto Picadilly, where both sides of the pavement were lined with demonstrators. 1000 leaflets detailing the persecution were distributed to interested passersby.

Text of the leaflet at:  http://www.afed.org.uk/blog/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=1

www.afed.org.uk
www.af-north.org
www.nobordersmanchester.blogspot.com
www.noborders.org.uk

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19.09.2008 16:27




An employee from the consulate came down to invite two 'representatives' from the protest to come in to talk with the consul; an offer that was declined so as not to legitimise him.

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- Homepage: http://www.manchesternoborders.org.uk


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Ducie Street renamed and adorned for a day

21.09.2008 20:04




Anarchist anti-fascists took the fight to the Mussolini / Il Duce's fascist party in Italy from 1920's - see chapter on Arditi del Popolo (AdP) in pamphlet:  http://www.afed.org.uk/ace/anarchist_resistance_to_nazism.html
or,
 http://www.afed.org.uk/ace/anarchist_resistance_to_nazism.pdf

See also article from Italian anarchist journal Umanita Nova (of the FAI  http://federazioneanarchica.org/ ) about anarchist partisans against Italian fascism in the 1940s:  http://libcom.org/history/anarchist-partisans-in-italian-resistance.

Never again can fascism be allowed to rise in Europe or anywhere.

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