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Sorry, bad link on Nadia Lioce's arrest. Here's a good one.

"Ignoring moralities is always undesirable, but doing so systematically is really worrisome." Mohammed Khatami
by eternalcityblues (parvati_roma aaaat libero.it) on Sun Dec 10th, 2006 at 01:03:24 PM EST
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ah... here's one of my more charming memories - a cute little slogan straight from the Leaden Years. This one is from Autonomia Operaia (Workers' Autonomy):

Se vedi rosa
spara a vista -
o è una saponetta
o è una femminista

(If you see pink
shoot at sight -
it's either a cake of soap
or a feminist)

...

They used to try to get the girls from the women's lib. movements put as near as possible to the lead-position in "united" leftwing demo marches - the  "testa del corteo" - i.e. if the police started shooting the women would get the bullets instead of them, they could do their own shooting with their beloved P-38s from conveniently behind those human-shield "cakes of pink soap".  

This isn't a feminist-victimist legend, btw - I got it straight from a guy who used to be part of Autonomia's Via dei Volsci setup.  

Baaaaad times, grrrr - see why I was so elated about that World Cup victory and its pacifying aftermath???

"Ignoring moralities is always undesirable, but doing so systematically is really worrisome." Mohammed Khatami

by eternalcityblues (parvati_roma aaaat libero.it) on Sun Dec 10th, 2006 at 01:19:49 PM EST
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<steam comes out of ears>

Hey, you know, I would be really, really, really, really interested in a diary about that time and your recollections.  This has been a fascinating series of comments.

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Sun Dec 10th, 2006 at 04:27:18 PM EST
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Whole mess is so hellishly complicated I doubt whether I'd make much sense - but maybe I could do a patchwork from these posts and add a bit more background... hopefully, in a couple of days. Would also be great to get comparing-notes and comparing-thoughts posts from others from elsewhere in Europe on that period.

"Ignoring moralities is always undesirable, but doing so systematically is really worrisome." Mohammed Khatami
by eternalcityblues (parvati_roma aaaat libero.it) on Sun Dec 10th, 2006 at 05:51:18 PM EST
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