A-Infos (en) Italy, Sicilia Libertaria: Silib debate: The contribution of ideas of this newspaper to the movement (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

In its now long years of existence, this newspaper has made an effort to 
provide stimuli and elements of debate both to the anarchist movement as 
a whole and to the entire varied world (libertarian, anti-auritarian, 
revolutionary, etc.) that reads and sympathizes with us. As comrade 
Natale Mjsarra pointed out in the editorial of the last issue, we cannot 
help but notice, however, that all this has not been accompanied by 
adequate debates, comparisons and replies. Sometimes you have the 
feeling of speaking into the wind; but that it is only a sensation is 
told by the continuous certificates of esteem we receive, a sign that 
libertarian Sicily is lively and interests a growing number of readers.

In short, we would like to see more dialogue and even polemics, because 
the passion for ideas is always a harbinger of new stimuli and common 
growth.

We, as we know, were born in the wake of a debate on the issues of the 
national liberation struggle, to which we added related contributions 
such as internationalism, federalism, the southern question and the 
Sicilian question. This has remained our guiding thread for over 40 
years. Yet, as Musarra pointed out, we receive considerations about 
ourselves which would argue that we are still a local newspaper. To 
consider libertarian Sicily a local newspaper is to not have understood 
the scope of its contents, both the more general themes (anarchism and 
national liberation struggle first and foremost, or the criticism of 
development and industrialization, another strong point that we have 
carried forward since year of birth 1977), and the more specific themes. 
The Southern question, for example, cannot be seen as a problem of the 
South; "if there were no South there would be no North" (paraphrasing 
Zamarin's Gasparazzo), that is, the socio-economic conditions of the 
rich areas of the country are not separated from those of the poor 
areas, there is a close connection that must be made under consideration 
and should be part of the strategies and analyzes of those who live in 
the North (but also of many who live in the South). Current issues such 
as differentiated autonomy, yet another attempt to legally plunder the 
South, reopen age-old problems and impact the conditions of workers and 
proletarians, in different ways depending on where they live.

In practice we start from Sicily, our land, to explore the reality that 
surrounds us and the whole world, to then return to Sicily again, the 
place where we will create the libertarian society we are fighting for, 
because it is the place in which we live and the whose history, culture, 
language, whose contradictions, we have nourished since birth.

Over the course of its long life, libertarian Sicily has tried to delve 
into many themes, sometimes trying to be innovative or investigate 
little-approached fields. Without going too far back in time, we can 
however focus on our now almost 100 specials created since March 2015. 
Well, it was with them that we solicited discussions that often did not 
arrive. We have placed the theme of militarism and war as central, when 
it was neglected or occasionally taken into consideration, an area in 
which we have been personally involved since... always; we have dealt 
with agriculture several times, both by writing about alternative 
experiences, and by talking about food or seeds or farmers, or 
exploitation in the countryside, trying to pose an increasingly pressing 
question, which we consider among the possible anti-capitalist 
solutions. We have written about Geopolitics and the Mediterranean, 
about Bodies and Power or Porn and Sexuality, fields as important as 
they are underestimated; we explored Degrowth and Earthquakes, 
Democracy, Freedom and Living. We returned to Faith and religiosity and 
the Church, topics that this newspaper, a unique case in the libertarian 
panorama, has always addressed without stopping. Women and anarchist 
feminism, libertarian education, class school, are other topics on which 
we have provided interesting ideas. But we also delved into "unusual" 
topics, such as the elderly, death, risk (especially after the 
pandemic), slowness, declining birth rates. And then conspiracy theory, 
the climate, the future, green washing, radical environmentalism, 
tourism, the colonial and military role of ENI, the depopulation of 
countries and emigration,... and we stop here.

It's likely that we didn't manage to arouse enough interest; just as it 
is also probable that a general apathy dictates that at the end of a 
reading every consideration must remain buried in private.

We will continue to produce such insights, to cast the hook for debate, 
to propose discussions and consequent methods of action, both in the 
Specials and in the remaining 6 pages of the newspaper. We will address 
or return to topics that for us do not represent Byzantine exercises at 
all but bricks for a common, collective, possibly shared, development of 
intervention strategies in society. And we promise ourselves to start 
commenting and interacting with the other publications of the movement 
or with those that are even partially in tune with our feelings. We are 
convinced that today more than ever this is necessary and useful.

Pippo Gurrieri

http://sicilialibertaria.it
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