RENEWED BATTLE IN S ITALY

Workers Press no. 256, 18 September 1970 · scan page 2

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DEMONSTRATIONS and street battles against the police continued yesterday in Reggio Calabria-in the 'toe' of Italy—on the last day of a four-day general strike called against a government decision to place the 'capital' of the Calabrian region at Catanaro and not Reggio Calabria.

Barricades were set up and 1l poured on the roads tr lock: the way to armoured police vans. The "forces of order' attacked with tear gas and clubs, injuring scores of been arrestele. Over 40 have The rioting follows similar utbreaks in July, when thi vey was paralysed for over The root cause is the chronic unemployment and including Rege whole region, Italy's new regional government will, of course, bring or Tay can we de porg even on a regional basis, and Anger This week's clashes bring to the surface the anger of southern workers and middle-class elements . against the centre-left government's cynical neglect of the South and police brutality and corrupBut they are being exploited by the region's capitalist pollticians as a lever for their own ambitions.