Roma solidarity demo at Italian Consulate, Manchester on Friday 19th Sept at 11.30am
Aug 19 2008
The Anarchist Federation is having a demo on Friday 19th Sept at the Italian Consulate in Manchester (day before the big demo at the Labour conference, also Manchester). It's at 11.30am, at 111 Piccadilly Manchester, M1 2HY.
The demo follows serious attacks on Roma people in Italy including physical attacks on camps, threats of fingerprinting of the Roma population (including children) and right-wing/fascist manipulations by Italian politicians & press that are linking Roma people to 'crime' and 'illegal immigration' which is increasing popularist calls for their expulsion from Italy and destruction of Roma camps.
Manchester No Borders & Roma groups in the north-west have already confirmed they will participate.
Please come & bring placards & banners!
PS details of the Saturday demo are here:
http://nobordersmanchester.blogspot.com/2008/08/no-borders-meets-labour-party.html
Aug 19 2008
#2
Thanks. Follow this link for another version of the demo invitation with the addition of a nice picture from a solidarity demo in Carrara, Italy during the IFA congress in July: http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/08/407058.html
Aug 28 2008
#3
Leaflet for demo. Please copy, circulate and link to this static address...
http://www.afed.org.uk/pdfs/roma_solidarity_demo_leaflet_2008.pdf
More importantly, please come on the day with banners etc.
Sep 14 2008
#4
Information leaflet for demo now available for download: http://www.afed.org.uk/pdfs/anarchist_roma_solidarity_leaflet_2008.pdf (web quality) http://www.afed.org.uk/pdfs/anarchist_roma_solidarity_leaflet_2008_print.pdf (print quality [large file: 3MB]). Longer blog version here, Stop government attacks on Roma people in Italy and UK:
http://www.afed.org.uk/blog/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=1
There's a facebook group concerning this issue, if anyone's interested:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=20168217599