Some Call(ed) Us No-Global...

Back in the early noughties, some friends of mine and myself happened to take part into political demonstrations with a certain frequency. As the new sort of multi-cultural "movement" shaping them lacked a political affiliation, the ever-looking-for-a-catch-phrase media came up with the misleading "anti-globalization movement" label, which in Italy became known as movimento no-global.

Notwithstanding the oh-so-enlightened comments coming over the years with decreasing frequency (and who knows whether that's a good thing!?) from those oh-so-reasonable guys who would never dare to lose a football game on TV, let alone a good night's sleep, to humbly ask for Peace and Justice ... folks, not to put too fine a point on it, but since some of us in the streets didn't live to see the next day, these pictures are here to remember and forget/forgive accordingly.

Hasta Siempre!

• Genova demonstrations against the G8 meeting on 20-22 July 2001. Photos by Renato, starring Tommaso and Mattia! (Hosted here courtesy of Renato)



• Perugia-Assisi peace march on 14 October 2001. Photos by Renato, starring Mattia! (Hosted here courtesy of Renato)



• Roma FIOM-CGIL trade union demonstration on 16 November 2001. Photos by Mattia!



• Roma CGIL trade union demonstration against Berlusconi government's hiring (or, rather, firing) policy reform (and terrorism!) on 23 March 2002. Photos by Renato, starring Tommaso, Alessandro, Fabio, Roberto and some other 3 million (!they said!) people. (Hosted here courtesy of Renato)



• Sevilla demonstration against the EU summit on hiring and immigration policy on 22 June 2002. Photos (now probably lost forever, as the link seems to be dead!?) by Sergio, starring Mattia!



• Genova demonstration on 20 July 2002 (one year after Carlo Giuliani's death), asking for truth and justice about the G8 meeting events. Two series of photos by Renato (Hosted here courtesy of Renato) and Mattia, starring Michele!

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