A-Infos (en) Italy, FAI, Umanita Nova #11-26 - Taking to the streets against war and environmental devastation. March 28 in Niscemi (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

On March 28, the NO MUOS movement returned to the streets of Niscemi 
(Calabria) to forcefully say no to war and the use of US military bases 
in Italy. Several hundred people arrived from various parts of Sicily to 
protest against the war and against the United States waging war in the 
Middle East from its island territory. It was a moment to say no to all 
of this, but above all, to the environmental devastation affecting 
Niscemi with the recent disastrous landslide and the fire in the cork 
oak forest last summer.

The demonstration was called following an appeal to citizens, 
committees, associations, and all those interested in initiating and 
coordinating anti-war initiatives. The appeal reiterated: "Territories 
are not military bases. War cannot be normalized. Places taken from 
communities must be returned to local communities, freed from war and 
military servitude. Sicily and Italy cannot be war platforms in the 
Mediterranean."

The appeal also emphasized the specific nature of Niscemi's military 
exploitation, against which the No Muos Movement has never stopped fighting.

In the heart of Niscemi's cork oak forest are the NRTF station and the 
MUOS, two strategic military infrastructures operational year-round, 
intended exclusively for US military communications. Signals supporting 
US wars pass through here every day.

The United States wages war starting from our home, using infrastructure 
located on our territory and taken from the community.

When a territory hosts strategic military infrastructure, it 
automatically becomes a potential target in conflict. A specific and 
profound local impact, added to the many repercussions of the war 
already widespread in our daily lives: rising energy and fuel prices, 
rising living costs, cuts in social and public spending to the benefit 
of the military. All this while proposals such as the reintroduction of 
conscription are returning to public debate.

In Sicily, as throughout Italy, anti-war demonstrations were recently 
held in Sigonella and Trapani, in which we participated as the No Muos 
Movement along with other pacifist and social groups. On March 28th, in 
addition to Niscemi, demonstrations were held in many cities, including 
Rome and the Women's Squares for Peace.

Our demonstration was intended to be part of this shared tradition of 
opposition to the war, which has seen many significant moments: from the 
years when the No MUOS Movement invaded the American base, to the 
mobilizations for Palestine that erupted with the departure of the 
flotillas, to the workers' struggles against the war, led by dockworkers 
and railway workers, and to the recent example at the Pisa station, 
where a train carrying military vehicles was blocked.

And it was important to take to the streets even in a place like 
Niscemi, a city twice wounded, first by the imposition of the American 
base and then by a landslide that could and should have been prevented. 
The march concluded with a well-attended assembly in the square that 
included several interesting speeches. As always, the struggle continues.

Antonio Rampolla

https://umanitanova.org/in-piazza-contro-guerra-e-devastazione-ambientale-28-marzo-a-niscemi/
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