Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 16:32:26 +0000
From: Arianna <ari-AT-copernic.fsnet.co.uk>
Subject: Re: AUT: Italians Blocking Trains Carrying Soldiers and


thanks enda,

I heard too that train conductors are providing protesters with the 
'reserved' info on where the trains are being 'redirected'. there's also 
the likely prospect of strikes, which only the dockers can 'legally' carry 
out at this stage.
just to add one thing,  locals from the villages where the stations are 
occupied turn up to support the protesters and provide them with food and 
drinks.

for a lengthy personal report from one of the participants: 
https://www.autistici.org/mailman/public/rekombinant/2003-February/002543.html



At 15:05 24/02/2003, you wrote:
>for those interested, the actions have apparently continued today with the
>halting of two civilian trains on stretches of railroad destined to be used
>by the war trains:
>
>http://www.repubblica.it/online/politica/noguerraquattro/freno/freno.html
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>a few interesting aspects of this:
>
>-Saturday's action saw the train blocked not only in Padova, but also
>Verona, Brescia, and Fornovo (roughly 20k from Parma).  Police were also
>forced to clear protestors from its final destination, the station in Pisa.
>This reveals once again a felicitous use of telecommunications technology
>(mainly cell phones I imagine) in the co-ordination of similar types of
>direct action.
>
>-also, the action brought to light interesting tensions between the
>Disobbedienti (and other groups) and the CGIL.  It was, as Casarini pointed
>out, rank and file unionists who provided tips on the provenance and
>destination of the train in question.  According to him (is anyone else from
>the Disobbedienti allowed to speak BTW?), this demonstrated once again the
>extent to which union leadership was out of touch with its base:
>
>http://www.repubblica.it/online/politica/noguerratre/porti/porti.html
>
>However, Cofferati's support for the action (granted he's not heading the
>CGIL any longer) is at the very least interesting.
>
>Does anyone else have any further thoughts on this?
>
>e.
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>on 23/2/03 4:15 am, Steve Wright at pmargin-AT-froggy.com.au wrote:
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> > more photos from a local PRC site in Padova:
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> > http://utenti.lycos.it/panerose/pagina_art.php?id_art=1303&loc=1
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