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GlobalCirclenet wrote: > Italy - Interior minister links terrorism and activists´ "widespread > political illegality" > - "subversive association", "psychological participation" and > "preventative > criminalisation" > http://www.statewatch.org/news/2003/feb/02italy.htm > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > ---- > The Italian Interior Minister, Giuseppe Pisanu, appeared in > parliament on > 27 January 2003 to answer questions on the threat of terrorism with a > detailed report in which he warned of a growing climate of "widespread > political illegality" which must be monitored and combated. The > Minister > mixed together Islamic terrorist groups, endogenous left-wing armed > groups, > anarchist insurrectionaries in general, and right-wing groups, as > part of a > common threat. Thus anarchist insurrectionaries are a "vast armed > group" > (terrorist organisation) in spite of "a lack of strategic leadership > and > hierarchical organisation"; although there is "a lack of evidence of > interaction between Islamic groups and endogenous subversive > organisations" > investigators are following this line of inquiry due to contacts > between > people in prison from Maghreb countries and the far-left; likewise, > "widespread political illegality ... does not result in terrorist > actions", > but it must be monitored and combated because it is "undoubtedly" > dangerous. > > Most importantly, Pisanu sought to minimise the differences between > illegal > acts of a demonstrative nature (such as an occupation, "illegal" > demonstration, vandalism or the picketing of a printing press that was > breaking a strike) and terrorism. He said that although these acts are > "demonstrative" they show that "organised elements and groups" have > chosen > violence "as a means of political struggle" in order to "arouse > insecurity > and alarm among citizens, intimidate victims, openly challenge the > authority of the institutions, ... impose the message that it is > possible > to infringe the law without being punished". Once again, although > Pisanu > admitted that it is only speculation, he indicated that a "future > interrelation between the milieu of political illegality and the > terrorist-subversive milieu cannot be excluded" drawing a comparison > with > the relationship between Autonomia Operaia and the Red Brigades in the > 70´s and 80´s. > > Within the field of "widespread political illegality", a number of > incidents and the groups responsible are mentioned, including a > break-in > into the offices of a television station to interrupt a local news > programme, blamed on a social centre in Turin (Askatasuna), and a > number of > initiatives, including a raid on an immigrant detention centre that is > under construction in Bologna in January 2002 attributed to the > "Disobedients", the occupation of a UK consulate in Venice on 5 > October > during a demonstration against the likely war in Iraq, attributed to > two > social centres: "Rivolta" in Marghera (Venice) and "Pedro - Radio > Sherwood" > in Padua. Thus the participation of individuals from certain groups > serves > to criminalise an entire group, a specific social centre, or a media > outlet > (as in the case of Radio Sherwood). Likewise, a demonstration and > picket > outside a printing centre in Vitulano (Benevento, Campania) on 21 > October, > because the newspapers printed there were breaking a strike, led to > member > of the Naples "Laboratorio Occupato Ska" social centre being > identified and > charged. > > The anarchist insurrectionary milieu is described as a "radical > evolution" > of the wider anarchist movement, with "autonomous" and "subversive" > characteristics, based on a loose framework of "affinity groups" > attempting > to create a situation of "permanent conflict, self-management and > attack". > This notion of an "organised subversive structure" has repeatedly > failed to > be proved where the state has tried to attribute terrorist acts to > anarchist insurrectionalists. Pisanu laments the fact that, on several > occasions, charges brought by prosecuting magistrates have been > rejected by > judges for preliminary investigations, or failed to succeed during > trials. > > Recent police and judicial actions, including the arrest of 20 > activists > for "subversive association" on orders from Cosenza prosecutors on > 14/15 > November 2002 across southern Italy (see below), and the arrest of 23 > activists in relation to incidents during the G8 summit in July 2001 > on > charges including "psychological participation" in violent acts on > orders > from Genoa prosecutors on 4 December 2002, indicate the dangers of > minister > Pisanu´s all-encompassing approach. Members of some groups that have > been > called into question believe that a "preventative criminalisation" of > activists is taking place in the run-up to the anti-war demonstration > planned for 15 February 2003, to justify possible excesses. > > Source: Speech by Interior Minister Giuseppe Pisanu in the Italian > parliament 27.1.03; Il manifesto 29.1.03. > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To switch to daily digest, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Posts are FYI and do not necessarily imply endorsement or agreement. > > Global NetNews is noncommercial, a unique alternative news/analysis > list that selects and forwards many underreported items from the > global Internet on current issues such as peace, privacy, liberty &; > justice, ecology, health, and sustainability. > GlobalCircle is independent and receives no funding from any source, > and is not associated with any specific ideology or party. 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