[it]Scontri al porto di Ancona [en] Riots in the harbour of Ancona

[it] In questo momento nel porto di Ancona stanno avvenendo degli scontri fra la polizia italiana e 150 militanti greci fermati appena arrivati nel porto di Ancona. Il gruppo fa parte di una carovana di 18 pullman (circa 800 persone)sbarcati da un traghetto greco questa mattina alle 11.00. I tre pullman bloccati nel porto trasportano i "leaders politici" della carovana: collettivi, dirigenti sindacali ed anche alcuni parlamentari. In questo momento queste 150 persone stanno tenendo un sit in sulla banchina del porto di Ancona. Il resto del gruppo č fermo in un autogrill nei pressi di Rimini per decidere se proseguire per Genova o tornare indietro. Intanto davanti al porto di Ancona č ferma un'altranave dalla Grecia con a bordo altre 700 persone.

[en]Actually riots between police and a group of greek manifestants(150 people) are going on in the harbour of Ancona. The group was stopped when they were leaving the harbour of Ancona on 3 buses. They were in a group of 18 buses. The passengers of those 3 buses were "the leaders" of this mission. The rest of the group is in an autogrill near Rimini. They are deciding if they are going
to go in Genoa or they'll go back to Ancona. Actually an other ship coming from the Greece is blocked outside the harbourof Ancona: the ship contains 700 persons.

Non e' illegale rifiutere passare la gente nel paese d'Italia senza ragioni concreti.

Is it not illegal to refuse passage to travellers without justifiable grounds?

It seems obsurd to me.

Inger-lise McMillan
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA, USA

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I think that the italian police are acting in the same way as the swedish police did in Gothenburg when they stopped buses and arrested people on very strange terms. Is the whole europe become a fascistpolice state or what. AVANTI POPOLO

The description above is true except from: "They are deciding if they are going to go in Genoa or they'll go back to Ancona." this is a bit more complicated :

Firstly the cops stopped randomly the last 3 buses... And in one of them happened to be some organisational members of Synaspismos (greek left party). That doesn't mean that they were any kind of leaders to us cause there were 18 buses and there a lot of different groups and individuals in them. The fact is that when the rest of us learnt about the 150 who were still in the port, there was a big confusion as to what we have to do. Firstly we wanted to stop the buses and discuss it, but the cops were blocking us by puting police cars on every possible stopping place on the right of the motorway. Finally we stopped in an autogrill... There were suggestions about showing solidarity to our comrades to the port by either cutting off the motorway until they release the rest or returning back to help with every possible way... But some people who were in the same left party as the ones stopped didn't accepted such actions and were saying that we have to move and that the people behind will be helped by the president or "high members" of Synaspismos or that if we start confrontations with the police from now we never gonna reach Genoa!!!

What's the point reaching Genoa if we don't express our solidarity to people with actions in our every day life.

Finally we continued and the others in the port were beaten and send in the ship back for Greece. And of course the guys from Synaspismos who didn't help their own comrades are not feeling ashamed (as they should) now, cause the 150 became "heroes" and the situation was heard from the media and of course the party won publicity by this way... But they have to be ashamed if they want to show solidarity and political unobidience only for 3 days per year and only in the city of Genoa... What about 362 days of the year??? But as known you don't have to be every day a real revolutionary.... You can be only for 3 days and win more votes. So being a revolutionary and belonging to a (a)political party (even they that they are left or radicalised left) is two things which never gonna coexist!