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Repression Against The Anarchist Movement In Italy
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On the morning of September 17, 1996, around 300 members of
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the Carabinieri special squads carried out raids and arrests
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against anarchists across Italy.
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This act of repression is part of a campaign orchestrated by
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the Roman judge Antonio Marini and the prosecutors Ionta and
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Vigna, a campaign which seeks to prove the existence of a
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mythical subversive anarchist paramilitary organisation. The
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first wave of raids occurred in February 1995, but at that time
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the authorities found neither weapons nor bankrolls nor hideouts
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nor documents concerning the 'gang', which lacked indeed even a
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name.
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The actions of Tuesday, September 17 were carried out by
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masked and armed Carabinieri. The results were very serious: 29
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arrest warrants and dozens of people that have been officially
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informed to be under investigation. Some of the accused were
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arrested and immediately taken to the Rebibbia prison to await
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judge Marini's pleasure; others are currently in hiding. It is
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still not known exactly how many or who has been arrested - the
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latter have been denied the right to see anyone, and have not
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even been able to talk to their own lawyers.
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The charges are very serious and range from subversive
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association to robbery, the manufacture of weapons and homicide.
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In practice this means accusing the anarchist movement of all the
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unsolved crimes of recent years, without any proof being offered.
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An indication of the climate of persecution surrounding the
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arrests is the judge's statement that "I want to arrest a gang of
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terrorists before I retire".
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Another very disturbing matter is the press release issued
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by the Carabinieri, which talks of a non-existent subversive
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organisation structured on two levels: the first, hidden and
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illegal, is said to be protected by a more visible "second
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level", ideal for "camouflaging itself in the social milieu and
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interacting with other subversive cells in a dangerous, criminal
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brotherhood". It's clear that this notion of a "second level" is
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intended to strike at all those situations of widespread
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sociality and solidarity (like El Paso in Turin and other
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occupied places throughout Italy) which have furnished and
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continue to furnish support to all those who will not submit to
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the repressive apparatuses of the State. The theorem of the
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"second level" is the mechanism through which a very violent
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attack could be carried out against many situations of the
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movement in the near future.
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More news and communiques will be posted in the days to
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come.
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(Source: A-Infos List)
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News From The Mainstream Media:
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Police Crackdown On Anarchist Organization
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Rome, Italy (ANSA - September 17, 1996) A force of 300 special
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branch Carabinieri policemen arrested ten people and conducted a
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series of searches in six Italian regions on 29 warrants signed
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by Rome prosecutors in a crackdown on an anarchist organization
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allegedly led by Alfredo Maria Bonanno, 59.
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The charges named in the warrants, issued by prosecutors
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Antonio Marini and Franco Ionta, were subversive association,
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association for purposes of terrorism and subversion, forming an
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armed band, kidnapping and illegal possession of firearms and
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explosives.
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The alleged head of the anarchists targeted by the police is
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a journalist who lived in the Sicilian city of Catania until he
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moved to Florence two years ago, where he started up the
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publication of a daily 'Cane Nero' (Black Dog) in 1994 to flank
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his sheet entitled, 'Anarchismo'.
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The Rome magistrates said Bonanno was arrested in 1989 and
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charged with the robbery of a jewelry store, with an alleged
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fellow anarchist, Giuseppe Steri of Palermo. At the time, Bonanno
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said he carried out robberies to finance his publication
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activities.
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Also his former wife, Jean Helene Weir, 52, from Scotland,
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was described as an anarchist. Ms Weir is now serving time for
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the robbery, with five accomplices, of a bank in Serravalle
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all'Adige, near the northern Italian city of Trento.
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In 1991, Bonanno's name was added to a list of anarchists to
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keep under police surveillance.
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The police searches carried out at dawn by Carabinieri and
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Criminalpol police in eastern Sicily, Lazio, Umbria, Emilia
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Romagna, Rome and the northern Piedmont and Lombardy regions
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yielded a number of illegal firearms, said police sources.
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Rome Police Arrest Group For Terrorism
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Rome, Italy (AP - September 17, 1996) Police arrested 12 people
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Tuesday on charges of terrorism and homicide in a 20-year spree
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of armed robberies, kidnappings and bombings throughout Italy.
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Authorities are still looking for another nine members of
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the group, which is suspected of placing car bombs outside
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military facilities in Rome and Florence the past year, police
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spokesman Capt. Vittorio Pagliccia said.
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The group, called the Revolutionary Anarchic Insurrectionist
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Organization, has claimed responsibility for some of the crimes,
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which date back to the mid-1970s. They are also charged with two
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murders, Pagliccia added.
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Prosecutors are also seeking the indictment of another 68
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people allegedly connected to the crimes.
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