{"id":143,"date":"2006-03-11T20:31:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-11T20:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sararosso.com\/wordpress\/2006\/03\/11\/burnin-and-a-lootin-tonight\/"},"modified":"2011-11-12T23:18:49","modified_gmt":"2011-11-12T21:18:49","slug":"burnin-and-a-lootin-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2006\/03\/11\/burnin-and-a-lootin-tonight\/","title":{"rendered":"Burnin’ and a lootin’ tonight…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rejoicing: US cigarette sales drop to 55-year low
\nPondering: Cute Vegan-made bags<\/p>\n

A demonstration was scheduled today in Milan by Forza Nuova, a facist group (far-right)…and the far lefts from many “Social Centers<\/a>” decided to demonstrate in return. (Cue “Cool” from West Side Story)<\/p>\n

A note about Social Centers (or Centro Sociale) in Italy – they are usually self-sustaining & self-managed organizations that help raise awareness about political and cultural issues (see: legalizing marijuana) but often helping less-fortunate countries and people. They are not interested in helping the far-right, though.<\/p>\n

Somewhere in the middle of all of this, violence and anger was turned upon the police (see: anarchists). After a patrol car was set on fire, the demonstrations started looking like this.<\/p>\n

Photos from La Repubblica<\/a><\/p>\n

Do I have anything to do with this situation? Well, kind of. The demonstrations were in the Porta Venezia area, and about 200 meters behind the photographer of the first picture, there’s a park.<\/p>\n

Where I was sitting, enjoying the sun. Oblivious. (*sheepish grin*)\n<\/p>\n

When I entered the park, I had noticed the smoke but it wasn’t very much (that happened much later) but I did hear sirens every few minutes. I am so used to ridiculous and unnecessary use of sirens from when I was living in Rome (see: Politicians) that I am not really affected by them anymore.<\/p>\n

Little did I know.<\/p>\n

Some<\/a> information<\/a> in English. And more in Italian<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On a very side note, I finally tried the Kit Kat Dark. It left me….well, I left it, on the table unfinished. Those of you that know me know that’s a feat in itself! It was nothing special and the dark chocolate totally overpowered the bland wafer filling which seemed so right with the original version. PS> Did you know that in the U.S., Hershey’s makes KitKat<\/a>, and in Europe, Nestle does<\/a>? (They are competitors) Check out all the special editions<\/a> that have been made over the years – Kit Kat Grape? Green Tea?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rejoicing: US cigarette sales drop to 55-year low Pondering: Cute Vegan-made bags A demonstration was scheduled today in Milan by Forza Nuova, a facist group (far-right)…and the far lefts from many “Social Centers” decided to demonstrate in return. (Cue “Cool” from West Side Story) A note about Social Centers (or Centro Sociale) in Italy –…<\/p>\n

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