A-Infos (en) Italy, FAI, Umanita Nova #29-25 - No wars to celebrate, only wars to stop! November 4th, anniversary of a massacre (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

Like every year, on November 4th, the Italian state celebrates the 
"victory" in the First World War, a massive slaughter of workers for 
nothing more than moving a few borders and paving the way for 
Nazi-fascism. Militaristic rhetoric and propaganda know no pause, today 
more than ever. Soldiers in schools peddle enlistment as a great 
professional opportunity; soldiers in the squares, in Modena, Palermo, 
and Lucca, handing weapons of war to young people as if they were toys; 
soldiers patrolling our neighborhoods "against degradation"; soldiers in 
parades and celebrations.

The government places them everywhere, to make them a normal and 
reassuring presence, but let's not forget that the same military 
personnel are deployed in dozens of missions abroad, patrolling NATO's 
eastern borders, patrolling the seas to prevent migrants, and defending 
ENI's interests in Africa with armed forces and the list could be much 
longer.

Let's not forget the role of Italian soldiers in training the Sudanese 
RSF, the former Janjaweed, responsible for the massacres in Darfur, who 
today continue to murder civilians in army uniform.

The responsibility of Italian governments and arms companies in the wars 
of recent decades has always been extremely heavy, but the current 
government stands out for its acceleration of war policies and 
propaganda and for its support of criminal governments that, everywhere, 
are responsible for the killing of men, women, and children. This is all 
done in silence and amid the indifference of most.

In recent months, the tragedy in Gaza has emerged from the shadows cast 
by so many other conflicts, sparking a significant wave of indignation. 
Gaza seems to have marked a turning point in the perception of all those 
who until now had not perceived how close the war is to us, in our 
cities, our schools, our factories. People who filled the streets and 
loudly demanded an end to the genocide, supporting with two large-scale 
general strikes the extraordinary mobilization of port workers who 
managed to block several ships loaded with armaments and war equipment.

Sand in the engine of militarism, as an old but ever-present slogan 
goes! It must be said that this constant vigilance by port and airport 
workers is nothing new; in fact, it has been going on for years. In the 
past, they have stopped shipments of weapons, but today they have many 
ordinary people on their side.

However, it is essential not to let our guard down, especially now that 
the massacre in Gaza seems to be on hold. That war is certainly not 
over, on the contrary! Just as the war in Ukraine continues, along with 
dozens of other wars and massacres of defenseless civilians bloodily 
shattering the globe.

It is increasingly necessary to continue filling streets and squares, 
stopping arms shipments wherever they are headed, sabotaging militarist 
propaganda in schools and throughout society, denouncing and boycotting 
the war industries, and fighting against the construction and expansion 
of military bases and facilities. Weld together the movements against 
the firing ranges in Friuli with those against the bases in Tuscany and 
against the MUOS (Muos) in Sicily.

In short: transform the powerful outcry over the genocide in Gaza into a 
general movement against war and the war economy.

Difficult? Of course. But equally essential.

Antimilitarist Assembly

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https://umanitanova.org/nessuna-guerra-da-celebrare-solo-guerre-da-fermare-4-novembre-anniversario-di-un-massacro/
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