Skip to content or view mobile version

Home | Mobile | Editorial | Mission | Privacy | About | Contact | Help | Security | Support

A network of individuals, independent and alternative media activists and organisations, offering grassroots, non-corporate, non-commercial coverage of important social and political issues.

ITALIAN ACTIVISTS BLOCK A US MILITARY TRAIN

Shunter | 21.02.2003 23:54

From Indymedia Italy.
Grisignano di Zocco, near Vicenza
Italian activists have blocked the path of a US Army train
carrying military supplies to CAMP DARBY US AIRBASE at PISA.
Judging from the buzz on the newswire more actions against
US military trains seem likely.

Direct Action against the war! Stop the war!
This afternoon begun the blockade of a train loaded with Us Army tanks, which wanted to go from Vicenza's Us Army base (North Italy) to Leghorn Camp
Darby base (Central Italy). The first blockade has been carried out at Grisignano di Zocco, near Vicenza, where a group of pacifists has occupied the railroad. In this
moment (08:00 pm GMT+1), the train is stopped at Monselice (Padova), where a group of "Disobedients" is blocking it by two hours. At the moment the situation is quiet in spite of the presence of the entire local police squad. When the train will succeed to leave again, other blockades are ready to begin at Ferrara, Bologna,
Pisa. Direct Action against the war! Stop the war!

 http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2003/02/183266.php

Shunter
- Homepage: http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2003/02/183266.php

Comments

Hide the following 4 comments

US ARMY TRAIN REROUTED TO AVOID BLOCKADE

22.02.2003 00:11

The US army train blocked by activists has taken an alternative route and at the time of this report was on it's way to CAMP DARBY

24 ore

Padova, 22:38
Treno bloccato da Disobbedienti:
segue percorso alternativo

Il treno che trasporta materiale bellico Usa e che è stato
fermato questa sera dai disobbedienti nei pressi della stazione
di Monselice, è tuttora in marcia per raggiungere la provincia
di Pisa, destinazione finale per la base di Camp Darby.
Secondo quanto si è appreso, viene seguito un percorso
alternativo, che non è stato perÃ2 precisato. (red)

 http://www.repubblica.it/news/ired/ultimora/rep_nazionale_n_338762.html

S


stop that train part 2

22.02.2003 16:16

stop that train part 2
stop that train part 2

Activists are blocking another train today. The police had to beat protestors in order to make it begin its journey, but activists are ralling all over the railway network. There are reports that police is heavly patrolling majors stations on the line. A Demo in Pisa -near the us base of Camp derby - has just started. Follow the news on italy.indymedia.org or www.sherwood.it

Here's a pix from last night (more at www.sherwood.it)

stop da train


Stopping the american army transports in Ital

22.02.2003 19:41

Stopping the american army transports in Ital
Stopping the american army transports in Ital

watch this american army man feeling lost in Italy...

Tom
- Homepage: http://www.corriere.it/av/galleria.html?blocco_treno&2


from italy imc

23.02.2003 12:52

italy imc feature finally translated in english
 http://italy.indymedia.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=509


War is approaching: italian minister Martino illegally guaranteed the use of state (public) infrastructures to allow american army to move their weapons, vehicles and personnel.
On 21st february the first trains left.
Protests immediately began to stop the trains, which from Ederle (near Vicenza) were bound for US military base at Camp Derby, near Pisa.
Today, 22nd february, despite intimidations and threats, the actions of protest are growing in other towns: Grisignano di Zocco, Campo di Marte (Padova) where a train was blocked for hours and a second train were expected but it changed its route; the following train was stopped in Verona for half an hour, until police charged on demonstrators. Another block was organized in Porto San Pancrazio but it didn't succeed. Then Brescia, Bologna and Fornovo (near Parma), where a hundred of people were dispersed by the police. In Pisa there were two demos, the first in the morning at the military airport, the second in the afternoon with 600 people from the station to the centre of the city.
Activists form all Italy are now heading to Pisa. Police is already in control of the station of San Rossore and activists are converging to Migliarino Pisano station. They have blocked it after being charged by the police and now they are waiting for a train from Parma.
The British consulate was occupied in Torino and other actions are expected also in Ferrara, where 1000 people were strongly charged, and in Udine.
last news: 21:40pm a train transporting passengers arrived at Migliarino Pisano station. It was blocked from inside. The conductor refused to go on in solidarity with the demostrators, but the police forced him to continue the train route.

no tanks


Upcoming Coverage
View and post events
Upcoming Events UK
24th October, London: 2015 London Anarchist Bookfair
2nd - 8th November: Wrexham, Wales, UK & Everywhere: Week of Action Against the North Wales Prison & the Prison Industrial Complex. Cymraeg: Wythnos o Weithredu yn Erbyn Carchar Gogledd Cymru

Ongoing UK
Every Tuesday 6pm-8pm, Yorkshire: Demo/vigil at NSA/NRO Menwith Hill US Spy Base More info: CAAB.

Every Tuesday, UK & worldwide: Counter Terror Tuesdays. Call the US Embassy nearest to you to protest Obama's Terror Tuesdays. More info here

Every day, London: Vigil for Julian Assange outside Ecuadorian Embassy

Parliament Sq Protest: see topic page
Ongoing Global
Rossport, Ireland: see topic page
Israel-Palestine: Israel Indymedia | Palestine Indymedia
Oaxaca: Chiapas Indymedia
Regions
All Regions
Birmingham
Cambridge
Liverpool
London
Oxford
Sheffield
South Coast
Wales
World
Other Local IMCs
Bristol/South West
Nottingham
Scotland
Social Media
You can follow @ukindymedia on indy.im and Twitter. We are working on a Twitter policy. We do not use Facebook, and advise you not to either.
Support Us
We need help paying the bills for hosting this site, please consider supporting us financially.
Other Media Projects
Schnews
Dissident Island Radio
Corporate Watch
Media Lens
VisionOnTV
Earth First! Action Update
Earth First! Action Reports
Topics
All Topics
Afghanistan
Analysis
Animal Liberation
Anti-Nuclear
Anti-militarism
Anti-racism
Bio-technology
Climate Chaos
Culture
Ecology
Education
Energy Crisis
Fracking
Free Spaces
Gender
Globalisation
Health
History
Indymedia
Iraq
Migration
Ocean Defence
Other Press
Palestine
Policing
Public sector cuts
Repression
Social Struggles
Technology
Terror War
Workers' Movements
Zapatista
Major Reports
NATO 2014
G8 2013
Workfare
2011 Census Resistance
Occupy Everywhere
August Riots
Dale Farm
J30 Strike
Flotilla to Gaza
Mayday 2010
Tar Sands
G20 London Summit
University Occupations for Gaza
Guantanamo
Indymedia Server Seizure
COP15 Climate Summit 2009
Carmel Agrexco
G8 Japan 2008
SHAC
Stop Sequani
Stop RWB
Climate Camp 2008
Oaxaca Uprising
Rossport Solidarity
Smash EDO
SOCPA
Past Major Reports
Encrypted Page
You are viewing this page using an encrypted connection. If you bookmark this page or send its address in an email you might want to use the un-encrypted address of this page.
If you recieved a warning about an untrusted root certificate please install the CAcert root certificate, for more information see the security page.

Global IMC Network


www.indymedia.org

Projects
print
radio
satellite tv
video

Africa

Europe
antwerpen
armenia
athens
austria
barcelona
belarus
belgium
belgrade
brussels
bulgaria
calabria
croatia
cyprus
emilia-romagna
estrecho / madiaq
galiza
germany
grenoble
hungary
ireland
istanbul
italy
la plana
liege
liguria
lille
linksunten
lombardia
madrid
malta
marseille
nantes
napoli
netherlands
northern england
nottingham imc
paris/île-de-france
patras
piemonte
poland
portugal
roma
romania
russia
sardegna
scotland
sverige
switzerland
torun
toscana
ukraine
united kingdom
valencia

Latin America
argentina
bolivia
chiapas
chile
chile sur
cmi brasil
cmi sucre
colombia
ecuador
mexico
peru
puerto rico
qollasuyu
rosario
santiago
tijuana
uruguay
valparaiso
venezuela

Oceania
aotearoa
brisbane
burma
darwin
jakarta
manila
melbourne
perth
qc
sydney

South Asia
india


United States
arizona
arkansas
asheville
atlanta
Austin
binghamton
boston
buffalo
chicago
cleveland
colorado
columbus
dc
hawaii
houston
hudson mohawk
kansas city
la
madison
maine
miami
michigan
milwaukee
minneapolis/st. paul
new hampshire
new jersey
new mexico
new orleans
north carolina
north texas
nyc
oklahoma
philadelphia
pittsburgh
portland
richmond
rochester
rogue valley
saint louis
san diego
san francisco
san francisco bay area
santa barbara
santa cruz, ca
sarasota
seattle
tampa bay
united states
urbana-champaign
vermont
western mass
worcester

West Asia
Armenia
Beirut
Israel
Palestine

Topics
biotech

Process
fbi/legal updates
mailing lists
process & imc docs
tech