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Originally Posted by jaysay
The only thing with protest for change is it usually ends up in wide spread violence, as was depicted over the weekend in Rome of all places,
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It is nothing new in Italy for the police to react extremely strongly against protestors...
If you have a strong stomach watch the following amateur footage taken at the G8 protests in Genvoa (Genoa) in 2001. One protestor was killed many more beaten, tortured and raped -in particular a large number of these were students peacefully and legally occupying a school-building....it was a disgrace and I don't know how much of this has ever been mentioned outside the country.
Mr. Berlusconi is the owner of all the major private TV channels and as PM has a great deal of say in what the national network puts out too...
Until recently there was access to Current TV as a diverse source of current affairs, political and environmental documentaries on SKY but he also put paid to that being shown as it got too close to him and his dealings.
There is so much more freedom of speech and of the press in the UK -in this respect the British people are lucky WRT many others in the world.
You don't need to understand Italian ...