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[en] Police officers guilty of G8 brutality ineligible for community service

On April 29, 2013, the Surveillance Court of Genoa dismissed alternative community sentences for Vincenzo Canterini and Gilberto Caldarozzi, two of the high-ranking police officers responsible for police brutality and the fabrication of false evidence during the 2001 anti-G8 protests … Continue reading

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[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

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[en] Brescia: 38 years after fascist blast, rallying students are charged by police

Clashes between protesters and police took place in Brescia on May 28, during the annual commemoration of the victims of the neofascist bombing of Piazza della Loggia in 1974. Thirty-eight years ago on the same day, an explosive device went … Continue reading

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[en] 75000 no, but government goes straight on

On saturday 25 february a new notav demonstration took place. Protesters marched for over 8 km, from Bussoleno to Susa, passing toward the zone where the international station of Susa and the entrance of the main tunnel are supposed to … Continue reading

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[en] Murder attempt inquiry to be dismissed over G8 facts in Genova

Mark Cowell is a British journalist who went into coma after being beaten by the police in Diaz school in Genova, during the 2001 G8 meeting. The public prosecutors declared the aggression to which Cowell was subjected as “brutal” and … Continue reading

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[en] Police repress student’s protest in Rome

The 3rd of November a students protest was planned in Rome. The demonstration has been named ‘Take the streets, take the future’ and opposed both Italian government measures against the crisis (which heavily involve public school) and the prohibition of … Continue reading

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[en] Police repress librarian protest in Rome

On Tuesday, October 11, the occupiers of Teatro Valle, together with the group of intellectuals TQ (“Thirties-to-Forties”), the National Association of Librarians (AIB), and many dozens of knowledge workers, had planned to hold a public assembly at the National Library … Continue reading

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[en] Cut it out! Storify on 23rd oct demonstration in Susa Valley

Demonstration in Susa Valley aimed to open a breach into the fences made with iron nets and concrete. Symbol of the non violent attempt became nippers, to cut the nets. Playing with the words: nippers, scissors, cutting and sewing, a … Continue reading

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[es] 23 de octubre: manifestación #NoTAV en el Valle de Susa

Los comités no-TAV han convocado una manifestación para el próximo domingo, 23 de octubre, en el Valle de Susa. La intención declarada es la de cortar la valla de la obra de realización del TAV Turín-Lyon instalada en el pueblo … Continue reading

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