killings

Thousands march in Athens for asylum seeker killed by police

taxikipali — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:54:10 +0000

In the evening of the 27th of October thousands marched in the center of Athens in protest at the killing of a Pakistani asylum seeker in the hands of the police.

In the early morning of Sunday the 26th, riot police charged immigrants queuing outside the central immigration office of Athens waiting to register for asylum status.

The Pogroms in South Africa: The Politics of Fear and the Fear of Politics

red jack — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:04:53 +0000

by Michael Neocosmos, 5 June 2008

Abahlali baseMjondolo statement on the xenophobic attacks in Johannesburg, 2008

red jack — Wed, 21 May 2008 10:16:51 +0000

Wednesday, 21 May 2008
Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement

Unyawo Alunampumulo

Abahlali baseMjondolo Statement on the Xenophobic Attacks in Johannesburg

There is only one human race.

Our struggle and every real struggle is to put the human being at the centre of society, starting with the worst off.

Babylon Burning: West Kingston lock-down and police killings in Jamaica (2001)

little_brother — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:17:16 +0000

On Saturday 7th July 2001 July police entered Tivoli Gardens in Downtown Kingston, the Jamaican capital, looking for guns that had killed Willy Haggart, the gang leader, or don, of nearby Arnett Gardens, an event that had resulted in weeks of intermitant gang violence between supporters of both parties in the West Kingston areas Hannah Town and Denham Town.

Argentina: Teachers strike in memory of colleague

jef costello — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:32:31 +0000

Carlos Fuentealba died in April after being struck by a tear gas grenade fired from almost point blank range. The attack took place after Jorge Sobisch, the then Governor of Neuquen and current presidential candidate, ordered police to crack down on a protest march by striking teachers.

Man killed by Royal Mail scab

Steven. — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:42:37 +0000

The Daily Mirror reported that a strike breaking Royal Mail boss was arrested yesterday after his lorry had a crash with a van killing the driver.

Office worker Phil Edmonds, 46, was at the wheel of the articulated truck when the vehicles collided, pushing the Astra van into the central reservation of a dual carriageway.

1900: The assassination of King Umberto I of Italy

Steven. — Wed, 09 May 2007 15:08:06 +0000

See also our biography of Gaetano Bresci

Argentina: Striking teacher killed by police

jef costello — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 11:54:02 +0000

Carlos Fuentealba,41, was killed on Thursday night after being hit in the head by the gas grenade, fired into a crowd of protesters by police.

Serantini, Franco, 1951-1972

Steven. — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 14:05:21 +0000

Francisco Serantini was born in Cagliari on Sardinia on 16th July 1951 and abandoned at birth. He was given both his names by an official of a literary bent or a priest or policeman who had seen in the paper recently mention of the Romagnol writer of the same name, an author of picturesque novels, one of which was I Bastardi.

1892-1894: The prison revolt and massacre at Cayenne

Steven. — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 11:27:57 +0000

The Iles du Salut are situated off Cayenne, in what was French Guyana in South America. These three prison islands – of which Devil's Island is the most infamous - were reserved by the French authorities for hard cases, for repeated escapees and for political prisoners. In the course of time many anarchists were sent to these hell-holes.