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From: Macdonald Stainsby <mstainsby@TAO.CA>
Subject: Statement by the father of Carlo Giuliani
Statement by the father of Carlo Giuliani, the 23-year-old Italian
protester who was murdered by the police last Friday in Genoa. Press
reports initially described Carlo as "homeless and unemployed, with a
criminal background." Carlo's father is an official of the CGIL, the
large, Communist-affiliated trade union federation.
"Carlo was the exact opposite of what people have written about him.
He was a boy of great generosity who was opposed to injustice. He
read, he studied, he discussed, and he protested for his ideas. He
always cared about others. And he always worked, if irregularly. He
worked in the jobs that all young people are forced to take--in the
black economy, without any security, without any rights.
"The press said he had a criminal record. When he was 17 the police
misidentified him as a criminal. He was accused of 'aggression
against a public official.' But the judge laughed the case out of
court and cleared him of the charges.
"Carlo didn't accept the notion that eight leaders of the world
should decide the life and death of hundreds of thousands of people.
Here in Genoa you do not need to go far to see the victims of their
policies. Come back after the G8 have gone and you will see the
desperation of those who are left in hunger, those who are forced to
flee their own countries and settle here, forced to survive without
any dignity in the alleyways that surround the harbor.
"On Friday's demonstration Carlo wore a balaclava, yes. But you
cannot equate the throwing of a fire extinguisher with a gunshot to
the head.
"In some ways we didn't understand each other. I am a member of the
Democratic Left (former Communist Party)--well, I was, our branch has
been closed for months. There won't be his liveliness in our house
anymore. We won't have his jokes about football. And we won't have
our political discussions anymore. But maybe now is the time for new
people to open up new branches so we can carry on discussing."
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Macdonald Stainsby
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