A-Infos (en) Italy, FAI, Umanita Nova: The internal war intensifies. Thirty-two complaints filed over the blockade of the port of Ravenna (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

Recently, the press reported 32 complaints over a roadblock at the port 
of Ravenna. During the general strike called by grassroots unions on 
November 28, about a hundred people blocked access to the container 
terminal for about two hours to protest the shipment of weapons and 
goods to Israel, preventing truck loading and unloading. As in other 
Italian ports, in the port of Ravenna, one of the main Adriatic ports 
for cargo traffic, shipments of weapons and dual-use (civilian and 
military) components to Israeli companies have increased since October 
2023, enriching unscrupulous shipping companies such as MSC, Zim, and 
Maersk.
News of the 32 complaints quickly spread to local and national media, 
which reported verbatim the statement from the Ravenna police 
headquarters, which, in addition to the complaints that have not yet 
been filed, also threatened "administrative measures."
The crime of blocking roads, reintroduced by the Meloni government with 
the latest Security Decree (converted into law on June 9, 2025), carries 
sentences of six months to two years when implemented collectively. This 
decree-which the government is already considering supplementing with a 
second-introduced new crimes, extended measures such as the urban DASPO 
(Daspo) order, and increased certain aggravating circumstances to target 
those who express dissenting ideas and practices.
The hyper-repressive policies implemented by the Meloni cabinet with the 
Security Decree, the latest in a series of measures instituted by 
governments of all stripes to crack down on dissent, and following other 
measures by the current government such as the Rave decree (converted 
into law on December 20, 2022), the Caivano decree (converted into law 
on November 13, 2023), and the so-called "eco-vandal" bill (converted 
into law on January 22, 2024), are merely the "internal" reflection of a 
world at war, in which political and economic dominance is being 
restructured. Decrees, expulsion orders, red zones, urban Daspo orders, 
evictions of social spaces and housing occupations, bans on 
demonstrations, increased reports, searches, and arrests, harsher 
pre-trial and detention conditions, and tear gas fired in people's 
faces-they are all part of the same logic.
To be surprised by the repression of dissent is to fail to understand 
that this has always been the task of the state and its police forces, a 
task that only becomes more visible and recognizable in a war context.
Since the outbreak of the conflict between NATO and Russia on Ukrainian 
soil, and subsequently with the support given by democratic governments 
to the genocide Israel is committing in Gaza, the choice has been made 
to divert billions of euros of public spending toward the military 
sector and the shipment of weapons. The repressive measures introduced, 
by restricting rights, serve to quell the discontent generated by 
rearmament policies and, ultimately, quell the anger that a war economy 
invariably provokes when, while generating profits for the war industry, 
it cuts social spending. These are, in other words, preventative measures.

Speeches in the European Parliament declaring the "end of peace in 
Europe" and the impossibility of renouncing massive rearmament in the 
name of Western democratic stability demonstrate how diplomacy and the 
journalistic approach that propagates it are overbearing weapons used to 
rewrite, to their own liking, the reality they have long been determined 
to portray in preparation for an increasingly widespread conflict.
The narrative espoused by European Commission President Ursula von der 
Leyen, portraying Russia as the enemy, calls for "preparing to see your 
sons die on the front."1
There is greater repression for those who physically attempt to put a 
spoke in the wheels of militarism, such as the movement against the 
Palestinian genocide, which targets an indispensable ally for Western 
governments given their trade with Israel, a country equipped with 
highly advanced technologies, especially in defense, security, and 
surveillance. But if today the people most affected are those in 
solidarity with Palestine, environmental and more radical movements, or 
even those active in conflictual trade unionism, we will soon see other 
groups join the list of internal enemies. The governing parties are 
already raising their hand against those who dare to strike, like the 
metalworkers of the former Ilva steelworks who fear losing their jobs.
We thus see what always happens when one shifts from symbolic protest to 
real opposition; when true interests, economic ones, are affected: the 
state loses its mask of formal democracy to show its true face, and even 
the limits of what is permissible-that is, what does not cause 
discomfort-are tightened. War is truly "primarily a matter of internal 
politics, and the most atrocious of all," as Simone Weil observed.
Repressive fury is common to all nations preparing for war; it is not 
the prerogative of a single right-wing government like Italy's. It is no 
longer limited to particularly authoritarian governments like Russia, 
China, or Iran, or Egypt, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia (the latter allies of 
the West). In France, Greece, England, Germany, and other countries, it 
is increasingly difficult to demonstrate; even a Palestinian flag is 
enough to ban a march, be taken to the police station, or be assaulted 
by a police officer. In the United States, the anti-fascist movement is 
officially registered as a terrorist organization, as is Palestine 
Action in England. In Ukraine, where martial law is in place, strikes 
are hindered, and people are forcibly recruited on the streets to fight, 
often deserting and emigrating to escape this eventuality. Military 
conscription is being reinstated in more and more countries, and Italy 
may soon be included, as anticipated by Defense Minister Guido Crosetto. 
Faced with militarism advancing in society and the economy, and a 
genocide committed live and broadcast on screens around the world, 
appealing to international bodies-such as courts of justice-means 
failing to understand that, if they ever mattered, they no longer 
matter. It is the military and economic strength of individual states 
and imperialist blocs, as well as of major corporations (in Italy, among 
the foremost, Eni and Leonardo), that governs the balance of power 
between opposing and/or converging interests. This is all the more true 
today, when these relationships between powers are being redefined. When 
nations decide to rely on military means to resolve their disputes, 
diplomatic pretenses cease to exist. Amid these power struggles, the 
factor of resistance still has its weight, which is why the Palestinian 
population, which has resisted for so many years, is so disturbing (even 
to the governments of Arab countries).
The prospect of a better tomorrow does not come as a gift from 
institutions but rather springs from the direct action of individuals, 
from the resistance of communities.
Containers full of goods bound for Israeli ports fuel Zionist industry 
and the army, but also the settlements in stolen West Bank territories. 
This support for military occupation and the massacre of the Palestinian 
population is directly attributable to the companies that sell the 
technologies for extermination, to Western governments like the Italian 
one, and also to the more covert but effective responsibility of the 
local administrations that manage the territories.
The same responsibilities we observe in the case of the port of Ravenna 
are fully evident when it comes to granting the land and permits 
necessary for the establishment of war production facilities, as is the 
case with the Emilia-Romagna Region and the Municipality of Forlì, 
sponsors of the Thales Alenia Space and Leonardo project at the Forlì 
Technopole for the production of "dual-use" satellite antennas (ERiS 
project).
On the contrary, those who seek to prevent the arrival of weapons and 
supplies to those who continue to oppress and massacre; Those who fight 
against the military industry and its reconversion to the military; 
those who desert the wars of the powerful have something on their side 
that rulers and repressors will never learn. It's called dignity.
Solidarity with those reported for the roadblock in Ravenna.
The war also starts in our cities. Blocking arms trafficking and 
military logistics is right, as well as necessary!

LIBERTARIAN SPACE "SUN AND BREATH" CESENA / SAMARA COLLECTIVE / EQUAL 
RIGHTS FORLÌ /
PROCIONA BRIGADE IMOLA / ANARCHIST ASSEMBLY IMOLESE / SELF-GESTED SPACE 
FAENZA TERMINAL

1This is a statement made in November by the Chief of Staff of the 
French Army, General Fabien Mandon, urging France to prepare to "accept 
losing its sons" in a conflict believed to be not far away.

https://umanitanova.org/la-guerra-interna-si-intensifica-sulle-32-denunce-per-il-blocco-del-porto-di-ravenna/
_________________________________________
A - I N F O S  N E W S  S E R V I C E
By, For, and About Anarchists
Send news reports to A-infos-en mailing list
A-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Subscribe/Unsubscribe https://ainfos.ca/mailman/listinfo/a-infos-en
Archive: http://ainfos.ca/en