http://italy.indymedia.org Airheads, Your assistance is required to denounce activities by the Italian Police against independent media organisation in Italy. Lachlan
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Firenze. Torino . Bologna Carabinieri (paramilitary police) awake some social centers addressed as indymedia centers. It seems to be back in a demo: three landrover, a van and a couple of cars more carry out the search. They are looking for audio and video material from Indypendent Media Center (Indymedia): it is a national police operation. Still going on. Scajola (our Interiori Minister) goes beyond words and Genoa is back in the headlines. Independent information pays the price of the Single Thought. Genoa aftermath begins to be more clearly outlined, after misty and partial enquiries and investigation looking for ppolice violence evidences, now repression kicks in. Looking for excuses. ----- End forwarded message ----- for upcoming news refer to: http://italy.indymedia.org allready available (very short) features in italian: FIRENZE - g.c.a. Cecco Rivolta - http://italy.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=38669 TORINO - c.s.o.a. Gabrio - http://italy.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=38670 BOLOGNA - c.s.o.a. Teatro Polivalente Occupato (TPO) - http://italy.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=38671 all this refers to facts happening this early morning, more details to come: the italian police is still sieging the three centri sociali targeted for this operation. the ordinance has been emanated by the tribunale of Genova, police is seizing all the audio/video and digital information materials produced about the demonstrations in Genova, which they consider crucial << ... for the investigation activities about crimes happened in Genova the july 2001 in occasion of the G8 meeting, whoever can be considered responsible for them, to make possible a complete reconstruction of the events and the identification of responsables, appears to be necessary to seize the photo and video documentation gathered by "Indipendent Media Center - Italy"; [...] >> (quoting the "decreto di perquisizione locale" exhibited for the seizing of documentation materials into the Gabrio in Torino, N.17621/01/44 R.G.) the fear, likely to become reality as far as i know italy and the way the minister scajola is acting, is that those seized materials will be used to identify IMC people and accuse them on the basis of some freshly invented anti-terrorist law. if you think this is just paranoia, spend a few thoughts about how much independent information is important today in italy, and how much is the power of the corporate information regime in such a nation: the fourth power (quoting orson welles) reached to have elected his owner, despite the many crimes he is accused for (even recognized on a european legislation basis) and he is now on the way to sell out and privatize (guess who'll buy it) all the public television channels in italy and - as of this last national police operation - shut up grassroot organized independent information and seize all the documentation materials. if you care, you can help: please let be known at least outside of italy what is happening in there, finally what is happening is not only concerning my stupid nation but it can be considered part of a much larger scenario. -- _______________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup Win a ski trip! http://www.nowcode.com/register.asp?affiliate=1net2phone3a