italy and provocation against aut-op-sy

[hobo <hobo@xxxxxx>]

At 07.56 30/04/97 +1000, you wrote:
>The reason why *this* list is portrayed in the article as a key link in
>"anarchist terrorism" is somehow never explained - funny that . . .

i think he just acted a research for some keywords like ''italia,
terrorismo, anarchici'' etc..., on the top of the query results should have
been a link to aut-op-sy (don't forget that here have been reported news and
updates on the marini trial), from there he followed an interesting link to
the ''italian social centers network'', and again a link to
''incontrollabili'', the site on the trial.
of course this could have been better the journalist's path then the one
followed by the police, as i think they are much more informed and updated
on even the minor changes on our server.
anyway they declared they are investigating through internet. and anyway
(regardless of this specific case) each of our documents on the net are
under streight control. and this is a matter of facts.

>And how can anyone believe that "anarchists" would attack
>a radio station of the left - let alone any other target, as *no* evidence
>is offered linking these attacks to any part of the left, apart from the
>name of an organisation - Azione Rivolzionaria - which vanished long ago?

first of all, a brief summary of the facts: during the night of april 25th
(meaningful date as it is the anniversary of the liberation from fascism in
italy) a bomb exploded on a window of the city hall of milano (two days
before the elections for the new major). no victims, no hurts, only minor
dangers to the structure and, of course, a big emotive impact. the action
has soon been claimed by an unknown 'azione rivoluzionaria', who called
themselves ''anarchists''. this claiming has been delivered on a leaflet to
radio popolare (left radio network) and to the ansa (italian press agency).
the police itself arose serious doubts on the real identity of the claiming.

>As a press release from the Garibaldi social centre suggestedrecently,
>there does indeed seem to be the beginnings of a return to the days of the
>"strategy of tension" in the early seventies, when sections of the secret
>services and the press tried to suggest that the terror bombing campaign of
>the far right was somehow the work of the revolutionary left.

it seems that the big battle will be played on the terrain of the reforms of
the welfare state. the right-wing forces (currently in a disvantage position
for the first result of the economic politics of the ''leftist'' government)
are trying to propose a large coalition to solve together (left and right)
the problems of the (suppression of) welfare state. the situation is a bit
strange, as _rifondazione_comunista_ (which is a government party) is making
strong opposition to the rest of the government, while _il_polo_ (which is
the opposition coalition including alleanza nazionale, forza italia, etc.)
is proposing to cooperate with the government claiming that bertinotti
(leader of rifondazione comunista) is mining the stability and is keeping
the government prisoner of his own wills. they say that bertinotti is the
man actually in charge in italy, using words like regime, bolscevism, etc.
it shouldn't be surprising if someone want to give discredit to the left in
these days, but i don't think we are facing a new ''strategy of tension''.
of course it couldn't be the same as in the seventies, as the situation is
now very different. now the things are beginning to get clearer about the
bombings of the first seventies, the secret archives are beginning to get
open and, even if it's still a slow process, all the shit covered in fifty
years of lies is springing out. the terror strategy couldn't be the same
when people know the truth.
anyway in these days there have been a big repressive campaign operated both
by the police and the fascists. arrests in milano and roma at mass
demonstrations, bombs and ambushes to left militants... we can't
undervaluate these things and need to give a massive answer, as huge as
possible.

>Is there any point writing a letter to *il manifesto* about these lies, or
>should this  _Corriere_ article be treated with the silent contempt it
>deserves? I've never encountered this sort of thing before, so I don't have
>any ideas.

i think it's a good idea to write to il manifesto (maybe to corriere della
sera too). i can propose to il manifesto to publish the letter plus an
article on aut-op-sy/ecn and the incoming netwar...

bye Hobo

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