In Italy, Rioting Leads to Recriminations.

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'As the smoke cleared Sunday, a day after a peaceful, inchoate demonstration near the Colosseum turned into a riot, Italy fell into national soul-searching and finger-pointing. . .

The center-right government sought to blame left-wing groups and their sympathizers. . .

Those arrested, however, did little to lend credence to that accusation. News reports said that some of the 12 arrested were believed to belong to right-wing soccer fan groups, while others were linked to self-styled anarchist groups. . .

The demonstration on Saturday, one of more than 900 planned around the world to call attention to economic inequality, gave a platform to people who feel shut out of their own futures in a labor market that protects older workers with ironclad contracts and makes it hard for younger ones to get hired except on temporary contracts offering low salaries and little security.

“I’m here because the government doesn’t represent me anymore,” Giuseppe Tommasini, 35, an advertising art director, said before the march turned violent. “My friends and I all work, but our salaries aren’t enough to live on.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/17/world/europe/in-italy-rioting-leads-to-recriminations.html?hp