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Italy, NO-TAV protests: 50.000 people against the police!

category international | environment | other press author Monday December 12, 2005 02:40author by x-x-x

- the protesters managed to re-occupie the valley -

Italy, Val di Susa, (Turino):
Heavilly resistance in the Val di Susa Valley against the planned tunnel for the TAV-high-speed train. Fascist-Style Police raids, 100s of injured people, solidarity strikes at schools and at companies, and: on thursday 50.000 people managed to fight back against the police and to re-occupie the valley!

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http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2005/12/940542.php

http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2005/12/940292_comment.php

http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2005/12/32877.shtml

http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2005/12/32891.shtml


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The people in the Val di Susa Region fight against the planned 54-km-long TAV-high-speed-train-tunnel because the work at the tunnel will set free uranium and asbest from inside the mountain.
The TAV will connect Lissabon (portugal) with Kiew (Ukraine) via Spain, France,.Italy, Austria and so on...

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Excellent report on indymedia UK:
author by LINKpublication date Mon Dec 12, 2005 17:40author address author phone

backgroundinfo and more pics on:

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/12/329616.html

rossport!!
author by ....publication date Tue Dec 13, 2005 18:47author address author phone

this is the sort of action that we in ireland need to set up and start taking!!! rossport perhaps ....even shannon! its time to move.

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/73415

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