Genoa G8 // Thursday, July 19, 2001//
Demonstration for immigrants’ rights //
On the afternoon of July 19, a demonstration in support of the rights of non-EU citizens and immigrants takes place in Genoa.
The event includes the participation of numerous foreign groups, local residents, representatives of the Lilliput Network, and a small group of anarchists. The demonstration unfolds peacefully and without incidents.
The event includes the participation of numerous foreign groups, local residents, representatives of the Lilliput Network, and a small group of anarchists. The demonstration unfolds peacefully and without incidents.
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File: ADG82001/0719-0004
Description of materials:
from: 00.00.00.00 Sections of barricaded roadway lined with containers along the seafront. Police officers with shields. from: 00.01.10.00 Interview with Mariella, volunteer lawyer, legal assistant for the Genoa Social Forum, and member of an association providing assistance to migrants. from: 00.05.40.00 International migrants’ march. Banners calling for the freedom of the Kurdish people. The brass band “Fiati Sprecati” performs. from: 00.12.14.00 International migrants’ march. Banner with hanging underwear reading “Silvio, te gusta la mutanda?”. Woman selling the newspaper Liberazione. Banner reading “Une seule terre, lutte unitaire.” People watching from balconies and windows. Close-ups of demonstrators. Banners reading “Aqui estamos,” “World March of Women,” “G8, you are the illegals, we are citizens of the world,” “Emergency,” and “Compagnia Portuali Venezia.” Paper serpent figure. Cobas flags. Piazza Carignano, close-ups of police officers wearing helmets. People form a cordon holding hands. Speeches by foreign workers from the Cobas van on the issue of immigration. The speeches are in different languages (Italian, French, English, Arabic). A helicopter flies overhead. from: 00.52.36.00 Further speeches by foreign workers from the Cobas van on the issue of immigration. Chant: “We are all illegal immigrants, we want a world without borders.” Wide shots and details of the march. People dance to Arabic music. Young people on top of the containers along the barricaded road. from: 01.08.00.00 Riot police lined up. Close-up of a riot policeman with raised submachine gun, wearing helmet and scarf over his face. Sign reading “8 states selling death.” Shop windows, signs of closed shops, and shutters along the street where the march passes. Couple watching the march from a window. Banner reading “United Colors of Resistance.” From a house window, a young man waves a flag with hammer and sickle. from: 01.15.20.00 Galleria Goffredo Mameli, march and performance. Carabinieri prisoner transport vans inside the gallery. |