A-Infos (en) Italy, Sicilia Libertaria #470 - NISCEMI. War, Repression, and Tribunals (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

June 2nd in Niscemi, an unexpected day with diverse perspectives and 
points of view, both dissonant and diverse. Five months after the 
landslide, Niscemi celebrated June 2nd with two opposing events. In the 
morning, the city's mafia-like bourgeoisie, along with the forces of 
disorder, paid homage to the Carabinieri who fell in the Iraq war, 
demonstrating once again the hypocritical "love of the homeland," 
shedding crocodile tears over the Italian dead, killed by the Iraqi 
resistance. The No Muos Movement, in the city's main square, reaffirmed 
its uncompromising opposition to the war and military servitude. 
Numerous speeches underscored the militaristic nature of the 
anniversary, which, from a celebration of the end of the monarchy and 
fascism, has become a display of the culture of death, pain, and 
suffering that the armed forces represent. The antimilitarist square was 
filled with banners, flags, and informational posters. Important was the 
presence of a group of Tunisian women and their families, with touching 
and forceful speeches in support of the Palestinian people. The state of 
negligence towards the Palestinian people was forcefully denounced. of 
the city, regional and national authorities in the management of the 
landslide, where to date nothing has been done.
The speech was applauded by some residents of Niscemi who were involved 
in the landslide. It was emphasized that the US base affected by the 
landslide was the focus of immediate safety measures, and the use of 
antennas and the MUOS (Muos) during the ongoing World War II was 
reiterated. We closed the morning in the square, setting a date for June 
21st for the National Day of Mobilizations Against the War launched by 
Women, which, in addition to a demonstration in Rome, will include a 
regional demonstration in Niscemi. Prior to the anti-militarist 
initiative in Niscemi, on May 27th the Palermo court sentenced Luigi 
Spera, an activist from Antudo, to 4 years and 9 months, with a 5-year 
ban from holding public office, for the action in front of Leonardo Spa 
in Palermo on the night of November 26th, 2022, in solidarity with the 
Kurdish people, who were attacked by the Turkish state. His comrade is 
charged with carrying and possessing explosive devices capable of 
projectile projectiles. Excellently defended by lawyers Bisogna and 
Trenta, who refuted the charges of terrorism and incitement to crime, 
which initially led to his partner's detention in high-security prison 
in Alessandria for several months. The Italian State joined the trial as 
a civil party, obtaining a paltry compensation of EUR2,000, with 
Leonardo Spa being a meager sum, hoping to pass for a harmless little 
factory. Instead, Leonardo has long been involved in the war with the 
City of Palermo, along with the shipyard, thus causing both industrial 
hubs to be guilty of terrible crimes. The Palermo Court's conviction, 
and the reckless initiative of the police headquarters, demonstrate that 
a strong authoritarian shift has been underway in Palermo for some time 
now, with the institutional culture viewing political opposition as a 
potential terrorist phenomenon. We must firmly oppose this.

Antonio Rampolla

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