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I'll be posting on the mass demonstration today when possible. There are two demonstrations planned, one that leaves the University La Sapienza and another that starts at the Bocca della Verità, both in the early morning.
by de Gondi (publiobestia aaaatttthotmaildaughtusual) on Fri Nov 14th, 2008 at 01:41:48 AM EST
thanks for the synopsis, de G.

my hope is that in this era of phone cameras and the like, plus the long experience of infiltrations and provocative actions by hired thugs, there will be little or no chance for the right to use their old tricks, that is not easily and immediately recognisable as such by the students and forces of law.

i also hope the sentences against those involved with genoa might dissuade cops from joining or abetting similar right wings tactics.

the students presently hold the moral high ground in the public eye, and if they continue to be very careful to not take the bait of violence, and diligent about snapping many pics of any jiggery-pokery that ensues, technology can be useful. a citizen's arrest of any infiltrators and subsequent demasking of identity and causal chain would be helpful to keep the situation honest.

the universities are on the side of the students, as are the public, as are i suspect many police, whose children go to those same universities, and who also understand the concept of ladders to social advancement being kicked to the ground by a government that is determined to dumb down the populus for its own nefarious advantage, ahime.

fantastic reporting, please continue to keep us posted! -viva l'onda-

~Government budget deficits are not nearly as dangerous as the deficits we have created in vital and complex natural systems.~ Naomi Klein.

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri Nov 14th, 2008 at 04:34:35 AM EST
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Thanks, as always, for your work. I await your notes with anticipation
Tired. Sounds incredibly clumsy, but is heartfelt.

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by geezer in Paris (risico at wanadoo(flypoop)fr) on Sat Nov 15th, 2008 at 12:54:01 AM EST
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