The Ya Basta Association is a

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of Italian

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and pro-immigrants rights organizations and groups, fueled by the Italian

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movement, formed in 1994, and known for the "authorship" of the

Tute Bianche Tute Bianche was a militant Italian social movement, active from 1994 to 2001. Activists covered their bodies with padding so as to resist the blows of police, to push through police lines, and to march together in large blocks for mutual protectio ...

, and later

disobbedienti Tute Bianche was a militant Italian social movement, active from 1994 to 2001. Activists covered their bodies with padding so as to resist the blows of police, to push through police lines, and to march together in large blocks for mutual protectio ...

phenomena. Formed as a result of the "eros effect" of the

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uprising in Chiapas in 1994, the Ya Basta Association is sometimes confused with its corresponding tactical project, the

. However these two projects are distinct in that while the Ya Basta Association is an overarching project involving many facets, including the utilization of the "white overall" tactic, the Tute Bianche was a broader tactic involving, at the time of Genoa 2001, many participants unconnected with the Italian Association.

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(Italian)

by Wu Ming 1 (Roberto Bui) Political organisations based in Italy Autonomism

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