File spoon-archives/marxism-general.archive/marxism-general_1996/96-11-02.234, message 29


From: detcom-AT-sprynet.com
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 06:06:09 -0800
Subject: M-G: The Afternoon of the Broken Heads


 
 
     THE AFTERNOON OF THE BROKEN HEADS
 
     Buenos Aires (Argentina). On April 28 20,000 people took
part in a festival against police violence in the fifth
anniversary of the death of Walter Bulacio at the police
headquarters. The act was organized by the Coordinadora Against
Police and Institutional Repression (CORREPI). Nearby, about 30
skins members of the neofascist Movimiento Nuevo Orden (MNO) set
up a stand of racist propaganda "Aryan Power". Provocations
against the people attending the festival had begun in the
morning. In the afternoon, in spite of attempts to preserve the
peace, an spectator climbed up on the stage shouting "Death to
the skins!" which unleashed a collective brawl. A mob advanced
against the fascists. Their bats, chains and rocks were to no
avail. One of the fascists was killed and 25 others had to be
hospitalized.  The savagery of the fight is the result of being
fed up with the impunity with which the fascists go about. After
the brawl there were more disturbances, pitched battles,
destruction of urban buildings and assault and looting of
supermarkets. The Argentinian press twisted the facts for 12 
days. MNO enjoys good relations with the Federal Police, the head
of Aryan Power is the son of a police chief and the fascists
patronize a bar property of a policeman.
 
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