> Irish Republican Socialist Party > 20 July 2001 > > IRSP: Class War in Genoa - Protester shot dead in Genoa > > The International Department of the Irish Republican Socialist Party > issued a statement on the attacks by Carabinieri on protestors at > the Group of Eight summit in Genoa, which left dozens injured and > one demonstrator dead. > > "What is being seen on the streets of Genoa is the unfolding of the > class war and in that conflict the bourgeois State has demonstrated > both its class nature and its capacity for violence." > > The IRSP spokesperson continued: > > "In a blatant act of state murder, independent eye-witness sources > have confirmed that Italian police shot a demonstrator in the head > and as if that was not sufficient to show their contempt for the > working class people protesting the global onslaught by the > capitalists, a police van then drove over the man, crushing him. > > "The IRSP stands in solidarity with those standing in the front lines > of the class war in Genoa. The G8 anti-working class policies cannot > be allowed to go unconfronted, as the lives of working women and > men are literally on the line and the international imperialists seek > to wring the last drops of profit from the labour of our class > worldwide. As was made plain in Genoa, these drops of profit are > synonymous with the blood of our class. We are engaged in a life or > death struggle and cannot stand idly by." > > "Globalisation is but another expression of the concept 'imperialism' > and we in Ireland have long experience with the impact of this system > of international exploitation. The meeting of the G8 demonstrates that > the capitalist class understands its interests transcends > international borders. The demonstrations in Genoa show that working > people are gaining greater consciousness of their interests as a > distinct class. The state violence in Genoa demonstrates that to > thwart the interests of working people the bourgeois state is > prepared to remove the velvet glove and reveal the iron fist that has > always lurked there." > > In concluding, the spokesperson said: > > "Forward with the class war!" > > ENDS > > http://www.irsm.org/irsm.html >
