Italy - frightening facism?

Following on from the Guardian article about the terrible torture and beatings of the activists in Genoa in 2001, i thought i would also comment on the fingerprinting of the Roma in Italy and the public ignoring the deaths of two Roma children on a popular Naples beach last month. These two things show us that fascism is alive and growing and we need to be ever vigilant and show them that we will not allow this.

This year i have heard concerns voiced in many different groups that many activists might not want to go to the 09 ANTI G8 protests, but i am not to worried as most people i have spoken to have stated that the repressive behaviour by police in Genoa only makes people more determined not to be frightened off by the fascist bully boys.

According to the Wombles:

"The mobilisation to Italy will have to find a way of dealing with the memories of the days and nights in Genoa. It is to be expected that a number of activists will not partcipate in the G8 protests in Italy because of their experiences with Italian police and the Carabinieri (or because of what they heard about them from friends).

Many are traumatised since then; perhaps one could even generalise this for the movements of the "summer of resistance" in Gothenburg and Genoa 2001. With such traumatisation, however, police repression would have reached one of its goal: the prevention of protest.

One of the possible strategies for overcoming the trauma is to remember and re-tell the story. A mobilisation against militarised European external and internal politics could link the role of the paramilitary Carabinieri in Genoa with their current integration into the "European Security Architecture" (Frontex, EGF).

It is quite likely that by 2009 not all the main trials of the G8 summit protests in Genoa will be concluded. Prosecuted activists are in the process of appealing. Supposedly, the publicity work for these trials will be integrated in the mobilisation for 2009."

We need to go to the G8 and look after each other and show them that they can beat us they can torture us but they can never stop us loving each other protecting each other and shouting that we will not live by their fascist laws and we will not ever give in.