Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 09:36:14 +0000 (GMT)
From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Nestor=20McNab?= <nestor_mcnab-AT-yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Re: AUT: Re: Berlusconi Government Aide Murdered in Italy


There is a very good possibility that it is. I enclose the press
release of the COBAS Confederation (Italian base unions) which
makes interesting reading.

In solidarity,

nestor

 --- cwright <cwright-AT-21stcentury.net> wrote: > Does anyone else feel that this
might actually be another of the Italian
> governments 'sacrifice fly balls' to start a scare?  This kind of stuff is
> very convenient at times when a crackdown looks to be in order.
> 
> Chris
> 
> >
> > Italian government aide murdered
> >
> >
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PRESS RELEASE
 
Preceded by a bomb near the Ministry for Internal Affairs with TV cameras
which saw nothing, pre-announced by a secret service report which claimed
that government advisers were in the sights of terrorists, there arrives, as
punctual as clockwork, the murder of Professor [Marco] Biagi, who (by
yet another curious coincidence) had his armed escort in Bologna removed
on 1st January last.

This "exemplary" action in its cold-blooded rituality of death is a chilling
message to the entire labour movement, to all those who have taken to the
streets to demonstrate against the policies of social restoration on the part
of the centre-right government, those who are building the mobilization 
towards the general strike. It is an explicit invitation to stay at home...
As the government starts to topple under the weight of social conflict the
bombs and murders start - once more the strategy of provocation and/or
tension rears its head.

Whoever they may be, the murder is manna from heaven for the Berluskoni 
government and Confindustria [the Employers' Federation] who have already
started a reactionary backlash against the legitimate demands of the
workers and the movement of struggle and have announced police and
judicial reprisals against the social opposition.

The murder of Professor Biagi is intended to spread fear among the workers
and throughout the country.

The Cobas [Base unions] will not allow themselves to be intimidated. We
believe that we must double our efforts in the struggle until such a time as
the government retracts the changes to Article 18 and Maroni's White Book,
to pensions, severance pay, education and tax.

In the face of so much hesitation and withdrawals among the ranks of the
mainstream unions, Cobas also believes that it is indispensable to go
ahead with the General Strike of all workers at some point during the
month of April (the 19th being the most probable date at the moment),
a strike which needs to be reinforced through a national demonstration
in Rome.



For the COBAS CONFEDERATION
Pino Giampietro

[trans. NMcN for A-Infos]


====In solidarity,


Nestor


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