A-Infos (en) Italy, FAI, Umanita Nova #11-26 - Initiatives against war trains between March 23 and 29 (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

Below are reports of some of the initiatives launched in various 
locations in response to the Antimilitarist Assembly's call for a week 
of protests—from March 23 to 29—against war logistics and the 
militarization of rail transport (see U.N. No. 9). Because war also 
travels on rails. Let's oppose the transport of weapons. Let's oppose 
the militarization of railways and war logistics.
LIVORNO
On March 25, at 12:00 p.m., a demonstration organized by the Livorno 
Antimilitarist Coordination Committee against war logistics on the 
railways was held at Livorno Centrale station. Several dozen people 
attended and distributed 500 copies of the leaflet supporting the 
Antimilitarist Assembly's call regarding the growing European spending 
on the militarization of rail transport and infrastructure, the 
resulting cuts in safety, and the increasingly worsening working 
conditions on the railways. A banner from the "PASSENGER AND COMMUTER 
TRAINS - NO MILITARY TRANSPORT" coordination group and a banner from the 
"RAILWAY WORKERS AGAINST WAR" collective were displayed. As the 
coordination group, we were interviewed by the local press, and the 
general interest in the initiative was deemed positive, also with a view 
to building a united and autonomous mass movement that will make the 
government understand that we are not willing to resign ourselves to 
their militaristic and authoritarian plans.

We support safe and civil rail traffic.

We oppose the use of the railway network for military purposes.

The war starts here too, let's stop it!

Livorno Antimilitarist Coordination

PALERMO

Like the Palermo No War Assembly, we too here in Sicily, and 
specifically in Palermo, responded to the Antimilitarist Assembly's call 
by staging a flash mob against war logistics on March 25th in front of 
the Palermo Notarbartolo train station, a major rail transport hub in 
the city.

A banner bearing the words "Against rearmament and military logistics 
infrastructure" was unfurled, sparking lively interest from countless 
residents passing through, who were reminded of the devastating impact 
of arms trafficking by rail.

As antimilitarists, we have pledged to return to the city's main train 
stations to distribute anti-war leaflets.

Antonio Rampolla

NAPLES

As part of the week of mobilization called by the antimilitarist 
assembly, the Anarcho-Communist Group "Francesco Mastrogiovanni" of 
Naples, part of the Italian Anarchist Federation, after participating 
with several comrades in the anti-war march on March 27 in Rome, 
organized a flyer exhibition the following Sunday in the Bagnoli 
neighborhood of Naples, in the heart of the Phlegraean Fields, where the 
group has long been active. The exhibition took place between the 
Cumaean railway station, the neighborhood's busiest square, and the 
Sunday fruit and vegetable market. Five hundred flyers were distributed, 
the exhibition was read by several people, and with a good number of 
participants, it was possible to engage in interesting interactions.

Anarcho-Communist Group "Francesco Mastrogiovanni" - FAI Naples

TRIESTE

On Friday, March 27, as the Germinal Anarchist Group, we distributed 
flyers in front of the Trieste train station.

Trieste station is a terminus, but the region's railways are involved in 
the new line connecting Tuscany to the eastern border. Therefore, while 
Trieste does not play a significant logistical role, it is still part of 
the modernization of the military arms movement network. In Trieste, on 
Fridays, the station is frequented primarily by student weekly 
commuters, many of whom return to the provinces of Udine and Pordenone. 
Our leaflet distribution was aimed primarily at them and daily 
commuters, but we also managed to intercept people using the nearby bus 
station and some railway workers. The comrades present were identified 
by the railway police, who asked if the leaflet was connected to the 
recent blockade of an arms train in Pisa.

Germinal Trieste

TURIN

Antimilitarists at Porta Susa against war trains.

The railways are increasingly at the service of war. A flood of public 
money has been allocated to the modernization of military transport lines.

On Saturday, March 28, as part of the week of information and protest 
launched by the Antimilitarist Assembly, a demonstration was held at the 
Porta Susa station in Turin. Riot police deployed to block access to the 
platforms. A banner reading "No to War Trains" was nevertheless hung 
above the entrance. The initiative attracted a wide and diverse turnout.

Music, leafleting, and speeches captured the attention of passersby and 
travelers, who lingered for long periods during the various speeches, 
which highlighted how rail transport has become increasingly dangerous 
in recent years, as staff cuts and the outsourcing of maintenance expose 
workers and travelers to enormous risks.

From Viareggio to Brandizzo, the list of massacres grows. These are not 
accidents, but murders, the perpetrators of which sit on railway boards 
and in government.

With new investments in war logistics, railways, a potential target for 
drones and bombings, will become increasingly dangerous. Thanks to dual 
use, both civilian and military, trains full of ammunition and tanks 
travel alongside passenger trains.

The money wasted on military logistics could be used to make the trains 
we take every day to work and school more comfortable and safe.

World War III is now underway. Military bases on Italian soil are key 
hubs for logistics and intelligence for the wars that, from Ukraine to 
Palestine, from Iran to Lebanon, are setting ever-larger areas of our 
immediate world ablaze. The war industry is rapidly expanding, thanks to 
rearmament programs that span vast swathes of the planet.

Every intervention has emphasized the importance and urgency of 
information and direct action against war and those who arm it. We 
cannot stand by and watch. We cannot accept that war becomes just 
another option.

The bases of war are just a stone's throw from our homes. It's up to us 
to pour sand, not oil, into the militarist machine. If we allow a train 
loaded with weapons to pass through our homes, we are complicit in the 
murder of men, women, and children killed by those weapons.

One day, someone dear to us could die if that train were to crash.

The day concluded with a commitment to continue monitoring military 
transport, weapons production, and the Aerospace City construction site.

The war is already here. Stopping it is possible. Today, they would like 
us all to be conscripted. We desert.

We want a world without borders, armies, oppression, exploitation, and war.

Antimilitarist Assembly - Turin antimilitarista.to@gmail.com

Here we also report the report of the initiative held in La Spezia, 
which followed a specific path but addressed the same issues and was 
conducted in the same spirit as the initiatives organized as part of the 
Antimilitarist Assembly campaign.

LA SPEZIA

As part of the mobilizations on this issue, on March 18th there was also 
a demonstration in La Spezia organized by the Coordination Let's Rest 
Human-Let's Reconvert Seafuture and Railway Workers Against the War, in 
which antimilitarist comrades actively participated.

https://umanitanova.org/iniziative-contro-treni-guerra/
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