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Tag: Italy
Radical Reprint: The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
For its July issue Freedom of course led with the most infamous event of the moment, and as ever was not shy in its take, headlining a short, wry report with ‘Cause and Effect.’ The assassination, known for sparking the series of events that led to World War One, was worldwide news and, with the
Italy: Strategic resistance to the arms industry
With exports up 86%, disarming companies like Leonardo and Fincantieri gains global importance From Umanità Nova The growing rearmament of the countries of the European continent is now evident even to the average citizen. With the winds of war blowing from Eastern Europe and the Middle East, European countries are rushing to purchase fighter planes,
Police, politics, and protests: Italy’s underworld
Sheer violence breaking out from the police towards protesters again.
Solidarity across borders with the Budapest antifascists!
While the European Union is considering putting antifascist groups on the list of those designated as terrorists, two comrades have been in prison in Hungary since February 2023.
A roundup of Italy’s ‘Scripta Scelera’ raids
Anarchists are feeling the full force of Meloni-era repression after police went after a radical newspaper
Radical reprint: The Napoli revolt of 1913
On a cold day in the wake of a war, starving Italian citizens wanted to put up a poster against raised tariffs but were told to hop it by the government – which in short order was faced with 100,000 protesters and severe rioting. Italy’s imperial excursion to Libya in 1911-12 had caused a great
Italy SAR decree becomes law
Freedom republish a report from Are You Syrious? The Italian government has passed a decree into international law which further criminalises civil groups performing rescues at sea. As reported previously in the Digest, the decree states that rescue ships must disembark their passengers immediately, without undertaking any further rescues. This is against the United Nations
Italy diverts civil fleet ships from Search and Rescue zones
Italian authorities; Maritime Rescue Co-Ordination Centres (MRCC) have began to divert civil fleet ships from Search and Rescue (SAR) zones, mandating lengthy journeys to an assigned port of disembarkation that force people to travel for hours more at sea, with the risk of worsening weather. On January 26th 2023, the Italian government designated the disembarkation
Toby Shone from Parc Prison – Declaration of solidarity with Alfredo Cospito
In light of Alfredo Cospito having been moved to another prison for medical care, Freedom reproduces Toby Shone‘s declaration of solidarity: “By observing the force of the rainfall, one can know the size of the dragon, and by observing the flourishing of the blossoms, one can know the depths of the pond.” – Traditional saying
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Aboveground organizers will need to facilitate practical experimentation by belowground militants, who in turn must cultivate zones of indistinction from the broader, legal movement ~ Lake Effect Collective The Democratic National Convention descended on Chicago during the last week of August, bringing with it swarms of police and politicians who quickly rendered the city uninhabitable.
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Resolute eco-solidarity
The practice of mutual aid between free and equal beings is necessary to decisively and coherently face capitalist ecocide ~ Octavio Alberola, Le Libertaire In today’s world, almost nothing is encouraging, almost everything is a source of despair.
Chile: Fascist murder during Dictatorship commemoration
Anti-authoritarian Alonso Verdejo (26) was killed and two people injured on Sunday by an attacker who emerged from within the police picket ~ from La Zarazamora This Sunday, during the pilgrimage to the General Cemetery in Santiago, a man, later identified as Patricio Salerick Villafaña Juica, who was seen leaving a police picket shouting that
