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Monthly Archives: July 2012
[en] Court orders closure of ILVA steelworks for environmental damage
In recent days there were rumours circulating in Taranto, one of the biggest coastal towns in southern Italy, about the court-ordered closure of the ILVA plant, and workers had already started protesting. On July 26 it became official. A judge … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Industry, Unions
Tagged all-out strike, blockade, ilva, occupy, pollution, unemployment
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[en] War industry in recession times
The Italian firm Alenia Aermarchi, which is controlled by the State industrial group Finmeccanica, announced that it will produce 30 new M346 war planes for the Israeli Army. The order was met with satisfaction from the Ministry of Defense. Furthermore, … Continue reading
[translation] Genoa 2001 and the 10×100 sentence: Paths of Glory
Wu Ming 4, from the writing collective Wu Ming, has commented on the conviction of five militants charged with “destruction and looting”, for the incidents that occurred during the anti-G8 demonstrations in July 2001. It is important to underline that … Continue reading
Posted in Grassroots movements, Repression
Tagged demonstration, G8, Genova, Repression, translation, Wu Ming
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[en] Economic crisis hits Berlusconi’s television empire
Since it was founded in 1970, Berlusconi’s media conglomerate Mediaset has played a key role in the businessman’s rise as a political figure. Through television, Berlusconi established his leadership of the Italian center-right-wing electorate, using the media both as a … Continue reading
[en] Greening Mafia: The Hands Over Wind Power
On July 13, 2012, the Italian Guardia di Finanza (a special police corp dealing with tax irregularities and financial crime) ordered the closure of a windpower plant in Isola Capo Rizzuto, a town in the province of Crotone, Calabria. The … Continue reading
[en] Genova, 2001: 11 years later, a bitter sentence
On the 5th of July the Italian Supreme Court convicted thirteen police heads involved in the brutal raid at the Diaz-Pertini and Diaz-Pascoli schools of the 21st of July 2001. Most of them, who were previously cleared, received convictions of … Continue reading
Posted in Grassroots movements, Repression
Tagged demonstration, G8, Genova, police, Repression, trial, violence
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[en] French government rediscusses Torino-Lyon project
The Italian mainstream media’s position that all the French agree on the Torino-Lyon TAV project is going to suffer a great shock after “Le Figaro” publishes an article in which the author states that the French government is going to … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Grassroots movements, Repression
Tagged arrests, France, notav
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[en] The struggle of migrant workers in Castelnuovo Scrivia
Forty migrant workers have been protesting in Castelnuovo Scrivia (in Piedmont, in the district of Alessandria) since June 22. The workers, who originally came from Morocco and were employed for the harvesting of zucchini, pumpkins and other seasonal products at … Continue reading
