27th G8 summit
Videos
The 27th G8 summit was held in Genoa, Italy, on 19–22 July 2001 and is remembered as a highpoint of the worldwide anti-globalization movement as well as for human rights violations against demonstrato
Vladimir Putin 22 July 2001 1
Opening ceremony on 20 July 2001
Bono, Tony Blair, Vladimir Putin, and Bob Geldof
Protesters burning a Carabinieri vehicle
Death of Carlo Giuliani
Videos
Carlo Giuliani was an Italian anti-globalization protester who was shot dead while attacking a Carabinieri van with a fire extinguisher, by an officer who was inside the van, during the anti-globaliza
27th G8 summit
…and 19th. The summit was overshadowed by riots in the city after a crackdown by police targeting anti-globalisation groups and the death of 23-year-old Carlo Giuliani, leading some to talk of a deliberately followed strategy of tension. Before the summit, significant controversies and ridicule among local people and…
Fototessera di Carlo Giuliani
Giuliani moments before (left) and after being fatally wounded. The gun that fired the fatal shot can be seen in the top right corner of the first photograph.
Peter Mertens, future party leader of the Workers' Party of Belgium, during a commemoration in honor of Giuliani in Antwerp in 2001.