Urgent solidarity needed: Police attack protestors in Northern Italy, Fiom calls 8 hour strike in protest

27 June At 5am this morning, 2,000 police stormed the protests camps in Val di Suza, northern Italy, to try to start work on the High Velocity Train line (TAV). The construction of the TAV has faced fierce opposition from local residents and trade unionists.

The police went in using force and vast amounts of tear gas.

Some of the 'No TAV' protesters have been injured and their vehicles and camping gear smashed up.

The people in the area have surged onto the roads and the motorways are blocked with lorries. Workers have been coming out of their factories to join the protesters and defend them against the police attack.

The metal-mechanics' union Fiom has declared an immediate 8 hour strike in protest and solidarity.  

Please send messages of condemnation of the attack to Marco Veruggio at: [email protected] He will translate and forward them to where they are needed.