eva7
07-31-2001, 07:31 AM
It is little long but worthwhile to read. This is only one of the many witnesses that we're receiving. In the meantime there are 6 investigations going on about the italian force behaviour, there are witnesses from italian and foregner reporters who have been violently injured by police, there are witnesses that the most violent groups actually showed up from the police stations, there is an investigating report dated before the 20th of July talking about violent armed groups coming from Spain and Germany, but the borders were already actually CLOSED and none could get through. The italian right gov, very dear friend to Mr Bush, is still denying it all, denying any evidence. The right gov had nice lunches and dinners with Mr Bush and both them exchanged a lot compliments about the success of their meeting, while the police was slaughtering thousands peaceful demonstrators outside, while one of them got shooted, while thousands people in the world are starving to pay the 30 billions dollars ship to make them have a nice party. And, besides it all, let's remember that the Vienna agreement about the human rights has been violated, that the italian costitution about the personal safety and the right of the citizens to protest has been violated.
And let's remember that this is not only an "Italian affair" as many mass media are assuming now, this is a world wide affair, since this all happened 'cause there was a world wide consciousness which was being expressed, thousand peaceful foreign citizens who were beaten and injured by a state police, and that all the world wide powerful countries who were at the G8 meeting are in complicity about the slaughter happened on 20-21-22 of july in Genoa and all the slaughters happened and happening daily around the world.
Thanks.
"My dear friends,
I was in Genoa. I’ve seen.
Do not believe what the newspapers, what the tv says. It has been a madness. A slaughter.
It is hard to tell what happened within friday and saturday.
To do so I have to recall what I’ve seen and what some dear friends have seen in Genoa. Please take a minute to read it is the real report of one nightmare that you won’t hear from the mass medias.
1.
I arrived in Genoa Thursday after the happy immigrants demonstation joined by
50.000 people. There are a lot information and support points.
Thousand people absolutely peaceful, a wonderful situation (do you remember the scout camps?) we discussed we sang we were partying.
Scouts and activists, volunteers and professionals. Friday morining we start to discuss the topics in a the armoured city: the several associations are everywhere in town to organize dances, performances, slogans parties close to the “red line”. At this point the Black Bloc group comes from the sea-front, some of them have been seen talking to the police, others coming directly from the police groups.They tspeak especially spanish. They start destroying everything. The policemen are quiet and do nothing. Black block try to get inside the COBAS and other union workers parade , where they hit one of the leaders, they are hardly chased away. Then Black Bloc armed to the teeth go to the first important parade, the social centres (italian “centri sociali”) young people parade.
The police follow them, the demonstrators are attacked from Black bloc first, then from the police who start very violent attacks. Black Bloc leave the place and arrive to the square where the Lilliput association was (associations for the right trade and catholic groups)
People try to resist peacefully trying to send them away. The police come, attacking the square. People raise their hands screaming Peace! Peace! Teargas and crudgels start. There are woundeds. Black Bloc leave and keep on destroying the town...
300-400 Black Bloc wander in Genoa, who leads them perfectly knows the town: their destruction path wants to reach all the parades, it is impressive.
They move like militars, infiltrate, they have leaders screaming orders, and they act. And they’re followed by the police.
In the ARCI and Attac Association parade everything is ok, they decide to leave the red borderline until then surrounded by chants and dances. People go peacefully to Piazza Dante, the police suddenly lauches teargas from our shoulders. We all run. Hospitals get crowded by the woundeds. Many can’t go to the hospital, the police stops them before they can get there. E' sera. People is upset, many start getting mad.
Black Bloc suddenly disappeared.
At the Genoa Social Forum point we should be about 10,000. We get the news about the guy shooted.
There is fear, the tales about violence are increasing. Young people and nuns are crying. A lot of people is injured. An elderly man cry with a bandage on his head, he’s an ex metal worker.
Don Gallo and San Benedetto Community is there. There is the leader of Argentina Plaza de Majo’s Mothers who since years seek for their desapparecidos sons: she says she’s shocked from what she has seen, it all reminds her of the Argentina dictatorship: she wouldn’t believe something like this is going on in. My brother, Luca Casarini of tute bianche and Bertinotti
(the only politician who came to help) are supporting people, trying to calm them down saying:
Guys, do not be in small groups, do not accept the violent provocations.
We decide that the reply will be the great demonstration tomorrow, we’ll be many, peacefully against all provocations and violence from the police and the Black Blocs. Senator Malabarba tells he’s been at the police station. He found weird people masked in demonstators, they speak german and other foreign languages. They make plans with the police, then they leave the police station. There is a sudden fire in a bank near to genoa Social Forum point. Helicopters are flying above, but for at least 40 minutes firemen don’t come.
During the night in one of the camps we sleep called Carlini we are surrounded by the police, people cry, begging not to be attacked. They come in for perquisition, but they can’t find anything.
2.
Saturday: the big demonstration, we’re really many. The parade starts, there are millions colours. People from all over the world. All the associations, the volunteers, the countrymen, the metal workers, immigrants…Chants, Songs, Dances, thousands flags. Kennedy Square. There are no fight. Nothing. Here the Black Bloc suddenly show up.
The police, suddenly, with NO REASON, breaks the parade in two pieces. The war blows up. They attack from everywhere, they look like crazy. Police attacks the FIOM metal workers and the young Rifondazione Comunista people.
The blood starts coming out everywhere. People try to escape everywhere, followed by the police. Who is alone is chased and beaten. Lots of people witnessing of chasing and beatings to peaceful demonstators. One Sunday Times reporter is beaten from the police (on today issue he tells his experience) In a peaceful point of the demonstration suddenly from a roof they shoot teargas making the painc. They use very damaging gas, which give dermatitis and don’t let you breathe.
What about the Black Blocs? They appear and disappear, and none stops them. They attack one young communist. They tear his flag and hit him violently. They attack with stones the Genoa Social Forum leaders. They break windows end set fires. They are armed to teeth. But how did they get into Genoa which is absolutely armoured?
The head of the parade is peaceful and Genoa Social Forum asks people to stay quiete and not to hang around in town alone.
They tell us to go to Marassi district where there are the busses of those arrived in the morining
We stand there. We cannot go forward, in Kennedy Square there is the war.
We’re sitting on the floor. Suddenly we’re attacked by teargas. We all run. We try to get back to the Genoa Social Forum point and we meet police cars from which they yell: we will kill you all!
The second piece of the parade won’t ever arrive to the square where the end of the demonstration was foreseen. ALL the people are attacked along the sea-front without exception. Who can, escapes in the lanes to the hill, where the police starts a real man hunter.
Saturday night, after the demonstration was over since few hours, the police breaks through the Press Office of Genoa Social Forum. They beat everybody with an incredible violence.
They are particularly interested in the documentations (witnesses, videos, pics…) showing what really happened within friday and saturday and they all try to destroy it all. They destroy all the PC and all the documents they find, the lawyer who leads the groups of lawyesr in Genoa is arrested.
They destroy or take away all the documents that the lawyers had to support the arrested people. Now we don’t even know how many they are and what the charges are. During the perquisition, made with no search warrant, members of Parliament, lawyers, reporters, doctors are denied to enter.
We don’t know have any news about the Black Blocs.
I tell you, two nightmare days: Black blocks and police have made a slaughter and they wanted to do so. Policemen were unbelievable crazy, since friday morining they yelled and swore…Someone has brainwashed them. And today, hearing the news on tv and newspaper, it all seemed a dictatorship…where did they write the truth that we all have seen?
I go crazy if I think that someone can say: “you protesters always saying bullshits…” Do not let them lie to you, have the balls to doubt your ideas on the wonderful italian police and on our democratic system.
In Genoa something really horrible has happened. They have inaugurated the new governement
Please think about it and spread it around, print it, talk about it, we need to tell the truth. To your relatives, to your friends, to your work mates.
Thanks
Stefano"
And let's remember that this is not only an "Italian affair" as many mass media are assuming now, this is a world wide affair, since this all happened 'cause there was a world wide consciousness which was being expressed, thousand peaceful foreign citizens who were beaten and injured by a state police, and that all the world wide powerful countries who were at the G8 meeting are in complicity about the slaughter happened on 20-21-22 of july in Genoa and all the slaughters happened and happening daily around the world.
Thanks.
"My dear friends,
I was in Genoa. I’ve seen.
Do not believe what the newspapers, what the tv says. It has been a madness. A slaughter.
It is hard to tell what happened within friday and saturday.
To do so I have to recall what I’ve seen and what some dear friends have seen in Genoa. Please take a minute to read it is the real report of one nightmare that you won’t hear from the mass medias.
1.
I arrived in Genoa Thursday after the happy immigrants demonstation joined by
50.000 people. There are a lot information and support points.
Thousand people absolutely peaceful, a wonderful situation (do you remember the scout camps?) we discussed we sang we were partying.
Scouts and activists, volunteers and professionals. Friday morining we start to discuss the topics in a the armoured city: the several associations are everywhere in town to organize dances, performances, slogans parties close to the “red line”. At this point the Black Bloc group comes from the sea-front, some of them have been seen talking to the police, others coming directly from the police groups.They tspeak especially spanish. They start destroying everything. The policemen are quiet and do nothing. Black block try to get inside the COBAS and other union workers parade , where they hit one of the leaders, they are hardly chased away. Then Black Bloc armed to the teeth go to the first important parade, the social centres (italian “centri sociali”) young people parade.
The police follow them, the demonstrators are attacked from Black bloc first, then from the police who start very violent attacks. Black Bloc leave the place and arrive to the square where the Lilliput association was (associations for the right trade and catholic groups)
People try to resist peacefully trying to send them away. The police come, attacking the square. People raise their hands screaming Peace! Peace! Teargas and crudgels start. There are woundeds. Black Bloc leave and keep on destroying the town...
300-400 Black Bloc wander in Genoa, who leads them perfectly knows the town: their destruction path wants to reach all the parades, it is impressive.
They move like militars, infiltrate, they have leaders screaming orders, and they act. And they’re followed by the police.
In the ARCI and Attac Association parade everything is ok, they decide to leave the red borderline until then surrounded by chants and dances. People go peacefully to Piazza Dante, the police suddenly lauches teargas from our shoulders. We all run. Hospitals get crowded by the woundeds. Many can’t go to the hospital, the police stops them before they can get there. E' sera. People is upset, many start getting mad.
Black Bloc suddenly disappeared.
At the Genoa Social Forum point we should be about 10,000. We get the news about the guy shooted.
There is fear, the tales about violence are increasing. Young people and nuns are crying. A lot of people is injured. An elderly man cry with a bandage on his head, he’s an ex metal worker.
Don Gallo and San Benedetto Community is there. There is the leader of Argentina Plaza de Majo’s Mothers who since years seek for their desapparecidos sons: she says she’s shocked from what she has seen, it all reminds her of the Argentina dictatorship: she wouldn’t believe something like this is going on in. My brother, Luca Casarini of tute bianche and Bertinotti
(the only politician who came to help) are supporting people, trying to calm them down saying:
Guys, do not be in small groups, do not accept the violent provocations.
We decide that the reply will be the great demonstration tomorrow, we’ll be many, peacefully against all provocations and violence from the police and the Black Blocs. Senator Malabarba tells he’s been at the police station. He found weird people masked in demonstators, they speak german and other foreign languages. They make plans with the police, then they leave the police station. There is a sudden fire in a bank near to genoa Social Forum point. Helicopters are flying above, but for at least 40 minutes firemen don’t come.
During the night in one of the camps we sleep called Carlini we are surrounded by the police, people cry, begging not to be attacked. They come in for perquisition, but they can’t find anything.
2.
Saturday: the big demonstration, we’re really many. The parade starts, there are millions colours. People from all over the world. All the associations, the volunteers, the countrymen, the metal workers, immigrants…Chants, Songs, Dances, thousands flags. Kennedy Square. There are no fight. Nothing. Here the Black Bloc suddenly show up.
The police, suddenly, with NO REASON, breaks the parade in two pieces. The war blows up. They attack from everywhere, they look like crazy. Police attacks the FIOM metal workers and the young Rifondazione Comunista people.
The blood starts coming out everywhere. People try to escape everywhere, followed by the police. Who is alone is chased and beaten. Lots of people witnessing of chasing and beatings to peaceful demonstators. One Sunday Times reporter is beaten from the police (on today issue he tells his experience) In a peaceful point of the demonstration suddenly from a roof they shoot teargas making the painc. They use very damaging gas, which give dermatitis and don’t let you breathe.
What about the Black Blocs? They appear and disappear, and none stops them. They attack one young communist. They tear his flag and hit him violently. They attack with stones the Genoa Social Forum leaders. They break windows end set fires. They are armed to teeth. But how did they get into Genoa which is absolutely armoured?
The head of the parade is peaceful and Genoa Social Forum asks people to stay quiete and not to hang around in town alone.
They tell us to go to Marassi district where there are the busses of those arrived in the morining
We stand there. We cannot go forward, in Kennedy Square there is the war.
We’re sitting on the floor. Suddenly we’re attacked by teargas. We all run. We try to get back to the Genoa Social Forum point and we meet police cars from which they yell: we will kill you all!
The second piece of the parade won’t ever arrive to the square where the end of the demonstration was foreseen. ALL the people are attacked along the sea-front without exception. Who can, escapes in the lanes to the hill, where the police starts a real man hunter.
Saturday night, after the demonstration was over since few hours, the police breaks through the Press Office of Genoa Social Forum. They beat everybody with an incredible violence.
They are particularly interested in the documentations (witnesses, videos, pics…) showing what really happened within friday and saturday and they all try to destroy it all. They destroy all the PC and all the documents they find, the lawyer who leads the groups of lawyesr in Genoa is arrested.
They destroy or take away all the documents that the lawyers had to support the arrested people. Now we don’t even know how many they are and what the charges are. During the perquisition, made with no search warrant, members of Parliament, lawyers, reporters, doctors are denied to enter.
We don’t know have any news about the Black Blocs.
I tell you, two nightmare days: Black blocks and police have made a slaughter and they wanted to do so. Policemen were unbelievable crazy, since friday morining they yelled and swore…Someone has brainwashed them. And today, hearing the news on tv and newspaper, it all seemed a dictatorship…where did they write the truth that we all have seen?
I go crazy if I think that someone can say: “you protesters always saying bullshits…” Do not let them lie to you, have the balls to doubt your ideas on the wonderful italian police and on our democratic system.
In Genoa something really horrible has happened. They have inaugurated the new governement
Please think about it and spread it around, print it, talk about it, we need to tell the truth. To your relatives, to your friends, to your work mates.
Thanks
Stefano"