A-Infos (en) Italy, FAI, Umanita Nova #21-25 - A July against war. Initiatives in Sigonella and Niscemi. (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

Deep concern is going through Niscemi in these days of war. ---- The 
conflict that arose from the Israeli attack on Iran is causing a lot of 
fear in the population of Niscemi, it is well known that the No Muos 
base is once again at the center of attention. Since Ukraine was invaded 
by Russia and since after October 7, Israel responded in a deadly and 
resolute manner to the attack of the Palestinian resistance, unleashing 
a destructive and exterminated reaction against the Palestinian 
population of Gaza, mortally sealing off the territories of the West 
Bank; since the escalation of war has intensified, awareness of the 
risks at local level has grown.

Muos plays a leading role in all theaters of war, not least the American 
bombing of Iranian nuclear sites.

Fear has become a reality among the people of Niscemi, but, I might add, 
also in Sicily as a whole.

As the comrades of the local No Muos committee tell us, since the war 
broke out, a considerable part of the population has been resorting to 
psychotropic drugs to be able to bear the daily news from the war 
fronts, trying to push away the anxiety and depression produced by 
living with a military site that kills every day inside and outside the 
city territory.

Yes, the Muos kills, and not only with war actions; it kills with the 46 
NRTF antennas that for years have been causing tumors in the town and 
the surrounding area with electromagnetic waves, in the total 
indifference and complicity of the local, regional and national 
political class.

We know it very well: militarism and war kill, just as in these 
territories Eni's pollution and mafia violence kill, which now floods 
the Niscemi territory with drugs.

In the days of the war against Iran, the No Muos, who have long been 
promoting social issues, wrote to the Mayor and the City Council through 
the citizens' committee, asking what measures they are putting in place 
to protect the population from possible missile attacks.

An urgent request was also made for a City Council to discuss the 
current situation and the actions to be taken. It is clear that we do 
not expect anything from the institutions, this was just a way to get 
them out in the open.

In recent days the Mayor of Niscemi, when he saw the letter from the No 
Muos committee filed, immediately wrote to the central government asking 
for reassurances on the state of affairs.

With the winds of war at the door, the politicians of the moment come 
back to life on Saturday 28 June as if nothing had happened, CGIL and PD 
hold a demonstration in front of the gates of the US base in Sigonella 
on which the Muos and the NRTF antennas depend.

The politicians of the moment, as always, put the excellent corpse of 
Pio la Torre in front of them, as a symbol of the fight against the 
mafia and of the will of the PCI of the time to oppose the installation 
of Cruise missiles in Comiso, when the PCI in Sicily, thanks to the Lega 
Cooperative, wove political and economic relations with the mafia system 
represented in a powerful way by the entrepreneurial and publishing 
world of Catania, with the consequent agreements in the palaces of 
Palermo and Rome.

We know how it ended, with Pio la Torre killed and Sicily shocked by 
political mafia violence.

But the enemy does not always march at our head, the anti-war movement 
is organizing a demonstration in Sigonella for July 6 and one on August 
2 in Niscemi in front of the gates of the base.

Finally, I want to remember that in these years of war the NO MUOS 
Movement fought here in Sicily in perfect solitude, supported by few and 
ignored and opposed by many, proving that we have neither Masters nor 
Godfathers.

Antonio Rampolla

https://umanitanova.org/un-luglio-contro-la-guerra-iniziative-a-sigonella-e-niscemi/
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