============================================================ Stretch your dollars. Make George do double duty with amazing deals from TopOffers. http://click.topica.com/caaacgOb1ddNBb2HgmNa/TopOffers ============================================================ > Undercurrents report in Genoa,Italy > > In a country where the majority of the media outlets are owned by the > extreme right wing Prime minister, perhaps it is no suprise that the > the media is being attacked from all sides in Genoa, Italy. > > As the G8 politicians gather in their fortified hotels and conference > centres, a group called the Blac Bloc are attacking journalists, both > alternative and mainstream. As tear gas, molotov bombs and bricks > filled the streets, the Undercurrents hired car was thrashed, and > laptops stolen and video equipment destroyed. We have also witnessed > Blac Bloc pulling Tv cameramen off scooters, grabbing cameras and > kicking reporters about the head. Other photographers have > been attacked resulting in films being ripped out of their cameras. > Tv cameras have also been thrown onto burning cars. > > Police violence is out of control as well.In a repeat of the attack > on the Independent Media Centre (IMC) in Quebec, Police have raided > the Genoa IMC centre. > > "Police arrived and grabbed the first people they could outside and > beat them heavily � one of the first to be beaten was a uk reporter > who was smashed repeatedly by a group of them � one held him by his > neck while the others beat him with clubs � unconscious he was left > in the street in a pool of blood." > > Justification for the Brutal raid was a search for weapons. One > reporter said " the weapons they found were knives and forks for > cooking and eating." > > The police were also looking for film and photographs of the anti-G8 > demonstrations which degenerated into violent clashes on Friday > and Saturday, resulting in one death and many wounded. > > As IMC journalists stood with hands against the walls of the halls. > Police confiscated mini discs, a digital camera,floppy discs, video > tapes and other materials, like gas masks and swiss army knives. > > As reporters were carried out on stretchers, the crowd began > shouting "Assessini! Assesini!" at the gasmasked, machine gun > weilding police. > > Undercurrents is awaiting reports back from our entire crew.One of the > Undercurrents team escaped in blood soaked clothes to Rome but is > unhurt. > > The Black block were denounced by non violent campaigners in a mass > booing. The Bloc later released a statement saying "Day by day, the > capitalist world order produces a diversity of violence. Poverty, > hunger, expilsion, exclusion, the death of millions of people and the > destruction of living spaces is part of their policy." > > While claiming to be trying to close the G8 meeting down they did not > explain why they are attacking residents homes, cars, journalists and > looting shops. > > Their release continued with "Smashed windows of banks and > multinational companies are symbolic actions. Nevertheless we do not > agree with the destruction and looting of small shops and cars. This > is not our policy. " > > Many people are talking about the Black bloc being mostly police > infiltrators. > > One group asked how only 200 black block could travel the city > without being picked up, day after day despite residents telling > police about their camping grounds. > > The next G8 summit is due to take place in Canada next year. Canadian > Prime Minister Jean Chretien has picked a tiny Rockies resort called > Kananaskis, Alberta - some 80 km (50 miles) from Calgary. > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > Visit and show your support for the Grass Roots Oyate http://members.tripod.com/GrassRootsOyate Clemency for Leonard Peltier. Sign the Petition. http://petitiononline.com/Release/petition.html ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?b1ddNB.b2HgmN Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [email protected] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
