On July 21, some 200,000 people are expected to turn
out in Genoa (Italy) for
the anti-G8 demonstration. Massive police operations
have been set in place
and a general state of tension has been created around
this issue. We are
publishing the latest article we have on this question, sent to
us by the
Editorial Board of the Italian Marxist journal, FalceMartello.
Three huge
demonstrations (particularly for a city with only half a million
inhabitants)
took
place during the EU summit in Gothenburg. 10,000 marched against
president
Bush on
Thursday 14 June, 20,000-25,000 against EU/EMU on the
Friday and
10,000-
15,000
against the policies of the EU on the Saturday.
These was the largest
demonstrations in
Gothenburg since the big strike and
lockout of 1980. It also reflects a
growing
discontent
amongst young people
and workers.
We are publishing two articles on
recent anti-capitalist demonstrations in
Europe, one in Barcelona (about which
we have already published an
earlier article) and the other in Salzburg, Austria,
where once again the
police used brutal methods to repress the demonstration.
This is now
becoming a regular feature of these demonstrations. The authorities
are
attempting to criminalise the movements and have even gone as far as using
agents provocateurs (policemen dressed up as demonstrators) who instigate
violent conflicts in order to give the police the excuse they
need.