Genoa G8 July 01

Irish accounts of the Genoa G8 protests

What follows are accounts from people living in Ireland who were at the G8 protests.

• Tuesday and Wedensday in Genoa [with pictures]
  A report of arriving in Genoa and the anarchist planning meeting for the protests
• The migrants march [with pictures]
  The major event on Thursday was the migrants march, organised by the GSF in support of the rights of refugees and immigrants
• From someone who travelled on the GR train [with pictures]
  A personal account of Genoa 2001 (from Wickow Today)
• We were on a peaceful protest
  We were on a peaceful protest
• "Genoa beyond the hype"
  Only what we know happened, plus opinion on the day itself, divisions in the movement and the lefty anti-anarchist smear campaign.
  
  

Remembering Carlo Giuliani A poster in memory of Carlo for you to print out and display

 

Friday's direct action

With the White Overalls

• Death and Terror in Genoa
  An Irish Zapatista activist reports from the heart of the White Overalls

With the Black Block

• An Irish anarchist on the Black Block in Genoa [with pictures]
  Detailed account of the actions of a section of the Black Block on Fridays day of action against the Red Zone.
• What happened at the G8 Protests in Genoa
  An account from an Irish anarchist who was with the Black Block. Also available as a PDF file
• With the Black Bloc in Genoa
  an Irish anarchist reports
• Solidarity bulletin interview with John Blair (arrested in Genoa)
  A member of the Syndicalist Solidarity Network, who took part in one of the Black Blocks and who was arrested by Italian cops is interviewed about what he witnessed in Genoa.
• Bashing the Black Block?
  An analysis of the black block tactic after Genoa from Red and Black Revolution our theory magazine.

With the Reds

• Belfast with Sunshine- Battle of Genoa
  I was one of over 200 Irish activists that marched, demonstrated and took part in direct action in the Italian city of Genoa
• Genoa 2001: This Is Democracy?
  by Cormac Sheehan

Saturday

• Saturdays demonstration against the G8 in Genoa [with pictures]
  This was a huge march - almost two huge marches, in fact, because the road was divided in two by a central, grassy strip, and each side had a different group on it.

  Jail accounts

• Statement of Joe Moffatt who was arrested at the Genoa G8 protests
  detailed account of what happened during his arrest and jailing
• Solidarity bulletin interview with John Blair anarchist (arrested in Genoa)

If you are living in Ireland and were in Genoa please send me your account for inclusion in these pages

 

Analysis

• Sir Bob Geldof and Carlo Giuliani - Two types of protest movement
  The embrace between Irish pop millionaires Sir Bob Geldof and Bono with G8 leaders Tony Blair and Vladimir Putin in Genoa on Saturday evening shows that there are deep political divisions between those protesting the G8 summit
• The leader of the Black Block
  All is revealed in a song
• July 23rd - What did you hear about Genoa?
  Review of TV coverage of the Genoa G8 protests by an Irish anarchist looking at the assumptions made by the media coverage.

   

  Background What's wrong with the G8 Program for protests in Genoa No G8 - Network for Global Rights G8 Genoa Protest Call To Action Anarchists against G8 Italian anarchist Genoa/G8 declaration Against the slavery of the G8 A final chance for real debt reduction Irish Globalise Resistance web page Notes from European meeting in Genoa 4-5 May 2001   News from Global Irl about Genoa [* A selection of mails sent to global_irl. To read these archived mails you need to join global_irl] Tuesday 17th - Tension increasing in Genova* Weds 18th - International (Antinational) Genova Offensive * Weds 18th - Repression in Genoa and on the borders * Weds 18th - Reports of Genoa repression from activists * Fri 20th - More border repression stories from Italy * Fri 20th - Reports from activists in Genoa * Sat 21st - Italy, Genova..20th..Personal Report * Sat 21st - Update on shooting of Carlo Giuliani * Sun 22nd - Detailed report on overnight police raid on IMC * Sun 22nd - StarHawk's eyewitness report of midnight raids * Sun 22nd - Early attempts to analyse what happened in Genoa * Monday 23rd - The Magical Mystery Tour of the Fake Black Bloc * Tuesday 24th - Sir Bob Geldof and Carlo Giuliani * Tuesday 24th - Jail reports and Amnesty Int. statement * Friday 27th - Letter from Inside the Black Bloc * Friday 27th - A W.O.M.B.L.E. in Genoa *

  Carlo Giuliani The 23 year old anarchist murdered by police in Genoa on Friday 20th July 2001 during the protests against the G8 Marzo di Carlo con noi! La lotta continua! Solidarity Embassies of Italy worldwide Genoa Resistence collecting reports and preparing a people tribunal   July 28th - March in Dublin in solidarity with Genoa protests [with pictures] I would estimate that there was about 300 people there. I noticed a number of Globalise Resistance placards which read: "Remember Carlo Guialin; Free Joe Moffat."

Information on Ya Basta! and social centres in Italy

• Who are Ya Basta?
• Italy's Social Centres - A Thousand Human Stories *
• Naomi Klein on Italian "Social centres" *
• Leader of Ya Basta after Genoa *

What's happening now

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Other News Sources on the Web

Indymedia - read the accounts of protesters and see their pictures and video as the events happen

A-Infos

Genoa G8 protest On the left An account from an Irish anarchist who was with the Black Block. Available as a PDF file for you to print out and distribute   On the right the PDF file of a leaflet written before the protests

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