A-Infos (en) Italy, Reggiana, FA: 2 JUNE, REPUBLIC DAY WAR AND MILITARISM DAY (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

SATURDAY 1 JUNE 11AM ANTI-MILITARISTIC PROGRAM IN PIAZZA FONTANESI 
REGGIO EMILIA ---- Every 2 June the Italian republic celebrates itself 
with military displays, parades and commemorations. Over the years this 
festival has taken on an increasingly marked nationalist and militarist 
connotation. The far-right government fuels the rhetoric of identity, 
the "sacred" borders, the glorification of war, and as previous 
governments have done, it will use the military ceremonies of June 2nd 
to justify the enormous - and ever increasing - military expenditure, 
the sending of weapons and Italy's direct involvement in military 
missions throughout
the world, an ever-present representation of the imperialist and 
neo-colonial attitude of the Italian state. The Italian republic is at 
war: the Italian armed forces are directly involved in around forty 
military missions, most of them in Africa to protect the extractive 
interests of ENI and intercept migrants. Without forgetting the new 
missions in the Red Sea, launched against the Houthis to ensure the 
protection of commercial interests in the gas and oil field. The Italian 
republic is at war: from the military bases of NATO and the United 
States to Italian territory, from Friuli to Tuscany to Sicily, drones 
that manage intelligence for the Ukrainian army take off every day.
The Italian republic is at war: the Janjaweed cutthroats, now Rapid 
Support Force, who laid Darfur on fire and who are now engaged in a 
ferocious civil war in Sudan, have been trained and financed by Italy in 
an anti-migrant function .
The Italian Republic is at war: just a few steps from our homes the 
weapons used in wars everywhere are produced and tested. Italian troops 
use them on missions abroad, Italian industries sell them to countries 
at war. These weapons have killed people, destroyed cities and villages, 
irremediably poisoned entire territories. The Israeli army also uses 
"Leonardo" brand targeting systems and weapon systems made in Italy. 
Israel only wants quality products to massacre as many civilians as 
possible!
The Italian republic is at war: the military is increasingly present on 
the streets of many cities, managing public order and repressing any 
social insurgency, silencing anyone who rebels. The police and military 
functions are increasingly intertwined, and the distance between 
internal war and external war is disappearing. Since 2020, the military 
has been assigned police functions. Even in Reggio, the forces of the 
most vulgar right and of the "centre-left" who no longer have an 
identity who are chasing them want armed soldiers in our streets. 
Neighborhoods, schools, universities, squares, workplaces: no social 
sphere is now safe from the rising militarist tide. The wars being 
fought in Ukraine and the Middle East have given a further dramatic boost
towards global rearmament with unpredictable outcomes, a push fueled by 
the crazy words of Macron and Stoltenberg, who want to transform the 
already enormous support provided to Ukraine into open war against 
Russia. Another step towards the third world war, a step that the 
Italian republic - despite the pitiful governmental distinctions - is 
taking together with its proud allies.

Opposing war and militarism is increasingly urgent for all people of 
conscience.
We support those who oppose the war in Russia, Ukraine and the Middle East!
We contest militarist ceremonies, patriotic rhetoric, war and those who 
arm it!

ANTIMILITARISTIC ASSEMBLY OF REGGIO EMILIA

newsletter of the Anarchist Federation of Reggio Emilia via 
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