Media 68

1 - 10 december
11 - 20 december
21 - 31 december

1 december

Armed clash between Palestinian guerrillas and Israeli soldiers in the valley of the Jordan.
[Middle East]
Articulated strikes continue in the Pirelli Bicocca. The workers transform their programmed work stoppages, not very harmful for production, into sudden interruptions of work. The assembly votes for the sudden strikes.
[Italy]

2 december

Israeli reprisals after the clash of the previous day: commandos penetrate Jordanian territory for 60 km and blow up two bridges. The Israeli commando speaks of 50 actions of the Palestinian resistance in the last two weeks.
[Middle East]
2 farm workers killed in Avola, in the province of Syracuse, during a clash with the police. The riot police were trying to break up a road block at the gates of the town. The tension had been continuously increasing during the previous week.
[Italy]

3 december

New Israeli reprisal against Jordan. From 12 am to 2.30 am the airforce bombards some villages. The civilian victims are 25. The mission begins of Nixon's envoy Scranton in the Middle East. First stop Teheran.
[Middle East]
6 hours of general strike in protest in Sicily. Throughout Italy the workers prolong the trade union strike for Avola. Lock-out at the Pirelli Bicocca: the workers demonstrate in front of the Pirelli skyscraper. In Rome, demonstration of 30,000 high school students.
[Italy]
The university of Barcelona is closed for a strike. Strikes also in the universities of Madrid, Bilbao and Seville.
[Spain]
New trial, in Athens, for the composer Mikis Theodorakis, together with three former parliamentarians.
[Greece]

4 december

The French house approves the decree for the trade union rights in the factories. It is one of the few conquests of the revolts of May.
[France]
Don Mazzi is dismissed The faithful of the Isolotto meet in a permanent assembly inside the church.
[Italy]
Clashes between students and police in Barcelona. The strike in the university of Madrid spreads.
[Spain]

5 december

General strike in the Latium region. The students join in the trade union demonstration in St John Lateran Square, at the end of which a huge cortege leaves for the university. For the first time the Maoists of the Union of the Italian Communists march.
[Italy]
The police attacks the students of Madrid and arrests 6 of them. The university is closed immediately afterwards.
[Spain]

6 december

Protests against Francoism and repression by 10,000 high school students in Madrid. Almost all the Spanish universities are occupied.
[Spain]
Open letter of 744 French Catholics to the pope: very critical towards the activity of the church and the encyclical Humanae Vitae.
[France]

7 december

Clashes between students and police in Hamburg. The airlines of Greece and Iran are attacked.
[West Germany]
The occupations of the high schools spreads. In Genoa charges of the riot police against a student cortege.
[Italy]

8 december

The South Vietnamese delegation arrives in Paris. It is composed of 60 members and led by the no. 2 of Saigon Cao Ky, officially in the role of supervisor.
[Vietnam]
Even the dockers and workers of Genoa take a stand against the charges of the previous day and in favour of the student movement.
[Italy]

9 december

The students of the Parini of Milan occupy their institute. Protests recommence in the Milanese universities also. In Genoa the police evacuates the faculty of Physics.
[Italy]

10 december

After the evacuation of the art school, students and workers demonstrate together against the repression and are charged by the police. In Pisa the Sapienza is occupied. Lock-out at the Mamiani of Rome after an unauthorized assembly.
[Italy]
Tens of thousands of students protesting in Spain. The university of Madrid is still closed. During the night the police charges a cortege formed spontaneously at the end of a show of Paco Ibanez.
[Spain]

		1 - 10 december 11 - 20 december 21 - 31 december
1 december		Armed clash between Palestinian guerrillas and Israeli soldiers in the valley of the Jordan. [Middle East] Articulated strikes continue in the Pirelli Bicocca. The workers transform their programmed work stoppages, not very harmful for production, into sudden interruptions of work. The assembly votes for the sudden strikes. [Italy]
2 december		Israeli reprisals after the clash of the previous day: commandos penetrate Jordanian territory for 60 km and blow up two bridges. The Israeli commando speaks of 50 actions of the Palestinian resistance in the last two weeks. [Middle East] 2 farm workers killed in Avola, in the province of Syracuse, during a clash with the police. The riot police were trying to break up a road block at the gates of the town. The tension had been continuously increasing during the previous week. [Italy]
3 december		New Israeli reprisal against Jordan. From 12 am to 2.30 am the airforce bombards some villages. The civilian victims are 25. The mission begins of Nixon's envoy Scranton in the Middle East. First stop Teheran. [Middle East] 6 hours of general strike in protest in Sicily. Throughout Italy the workers prolong the trade union strike for Avola. Lock-out at the Pirelli Bicocca: the workers demonstrate in front of the Pirelli skyscraper. In Rome, demonstration of 30,000 high school students. [Italy] The university of Barcelona is closed for a strike. Strikes also in the universities of Madrid, Bilbao and Seville. [Spain] New trial, in Athens, for the composer Mikis Theodorakis, together with three former parliamentarians. [Greece]
4 december		The French house approves the decree for the trade union rights in the factories. It is one of the few conquests of the revolts of May. [France] Don Mazzi is dismissed The faithful of the Isolotto meet in a permanent assembly inside the church. [Italy] Clashes between students and police in Barcelona. The strike in the university of Madrid spreads. [Spain]
5 december		General strike in the Latium region. The students join in the trade union demonstration in St John Lateran Square, at the end of which a huge cortege leaves for the university. For the first time the Maoists of the Union of the Italian Communists march. [Italy] The police attacks the students of Madrid and arrests 6 of them. The university is closed immediately afterwards. [Spain]
6 december		Protests against Francoism and repression by 10,000 high school students in Madrid. Almost all the Spanish universities are occupied. [Spain] Open letter of 744 French Catholics to the pope: very critical towards the activity of the church and the encyclical Humanae Vitae. [France]
7 december		Clashes between students and police in Hamburg. The airlines of Greece and Iran are attacked. [West Germany] The occupations of the high schools spreads. In Genoa charges of the riot police against a student cortege. [Italy]
8 december		The South Vietnamese delegation arrives in Paris. It is composed of 60 members and led by the no. 2 of Saigon Cao Ky, officially in the role of supervisor. [Vietnam] Even the dockers and workers of Genoa take a stand against the charges of the previous day and in favour of the student movement. [Italy]
9 december		The students of the Parini of Milan occupy their institute. Protests recommence in the Milanese universities also. In Genoa the police evacuates the faculty of Physics. [Italy]
10 december		After the evacuation of the art school, students and workers demonstrate together against the repression and are charged by the police. In Pisa the Sapienza is occupied. Lock-out at the Mamiani of Rome after an unauthorized assembly. [Italy] Tens of thousands of students protesting in Spain. The university of Madrid is still closed. During the night the police charges a cortege formed spontaneously at the end of a show of Paco Ibanez. [Spain]