>--- Original Message --- >From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Nestor=20McNab?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: 3/21/02 1:36:14 AM >
>There is a very good possibility that it is. I enclose the press >release of the COBAS Confederation (Italian base unions) which >makes interesting reading. > >In solidarity, > >nestor > > --- cwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone else feel that this >might actually be another of the Italian >> governments 'sacrifice fly balls' to start a scare? This kind of stuff is >> very convenient at times when a crackdown looks to be in order. >> >> Chris >> >> > >> > Italian government aide murdered >> > >> > >**************************************************** > >PRESS RELEASE > >Preceded by a bomb near the Ministry for Internal Affairs with TV cameras >which saw nothing, pre-announced by a secret service report which claimed >that government advisers were in the sights of terrorists, there arrives, as >punctual as clockwork, the murder of Professor [Marco] Biagi, who (by >yet another curious coincidence) had his armed escort in Bologna removed >on 1st January last. > >This "exemplary" action in its cold-blooded rituality of death is a chilling >message to the entire labour movement, to all those who have taken to the >streets to demonstrate against the policies of social restoration on the part >of the centre-right government, those who are building the mobilization >towards the general strike. It is an explicit invitation to stay at home... >As the government starts to topple under the weight of social conflict the >bombs and murders start - once more the strategy of provocation and/or >tension rears its head. > >Whoever they may be, the murder is manna from heaven for the Berluskoni >government and Confindustria [the Employers' Federation] who have already >started a reactionary backlash against the legitimate demands of the >workers and the movement of struggle and have announced police and >judicial reprisals against the social opposition. > >The murder of Professor Biagi is intended to spread fear among the workers >and throughout the country. > >The Cobas [Base unions] will not allow themselves to be intimidated. We >believe that we must double our efforts in the struggle until such a time as >the government retracts the changes to Article 18 and Maroni's White Book, >to pensions, severance pay, education and tax. > >In the face of so much hesitation and withdrawals among the ranks of the >mainstream unions, Cobas also believes that it is indispensable to go >ahead with the General Strike of all workers at some point during the >month of April (the 19th being the most probable date at the moment), >a strike which needs to be reinforced through a national demonstration >in Rome. > > > >For the COBAS CONFEDERATION >Pino Giampietro > >[trans. NMcN for A-Infos] > > >===== >In solidarity, > > >Nestor > > >http://www.geocities.com/nestor_mcnab/ > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Everything you'll ever need on one web page >from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts >http://uk.my.yahoo.com > > > --- from list [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- >
