A-Infos (en) Italy, Umanitanova: Against all wars, antimilitarism, and internationalism (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

In a climate of widespread and ongoing war, the federation believes it 
is important to revitalize internationalism and antimilitarism as 
principles and practices characterizing its political action. --- Italy 
is actively participating on the main war fronts, both with its own 
military contingents and by sending weapons, providing logistical 
services, and hosting strategic US and NATO military infrastructure on 
its soil. At the same time, borders are being further closed to those 
fleeing war and poverty. The Italian government intends to implement the 
new European Asylum Pact, legalizing pushbacks at sea with a "naval 
blockade" and detaining asylum seekers in prisons even outside its 
borders. To this end, the government has signed a new memorandum with 
Libya and is providing resources and personnel to the Tunisian 
authorities, with the aim of repressing and blocking people on the move. 
A silent extermination, adding to the massive killings of civilians in 
Ukraine, Iran, and Lebanon, and the ongoing genocides in Gaza and Sudan.

In this scenario, military spending continues to rise, resulting in job 
insecurity, unemployment, and poverty for large segments of the 
population, in what has now effectively become a war economy. The arms 
race also includes the reintroduction of military conscription, 
increased military personnel and reserves, and a general enlistment of 
society in the war effort and war propaganda, which are met with 
widespread opposition, especially among younger generations.

The arms industry, largely controlled by the state, is doing brisk 
business, and in this context, logistics infrastructure is becoming 
increasingly strategic for the movement of war materials. Railways, like 
ports, are among the infrastructures most affected by military traffic 
and are also the sectors where workers have mobilized against the 
transport of weapons. The railways in particular have seen a significant 
militarization across strategic European and international corridors.

To counteract this, the conference believes it is essential to support 
and relaunch the work of the antimilitarist assembly and launch a series 
of campaigns against the war on migrants, against the return of military 
conscription and the conscription of society, against weapons production 
and the military use of railways, in support of deserters from all wars 
and comrades who oppose warmongering and bloodthirsty regimes.

Italian Anarchist Federation (FAI) Asti Conference June 6-7, 2026

https://umanitanova.org/contro-tutte-le-guerre-antimilitarismo-e-internazionalismo/
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