A-Infos (en) Italy, Umanita Nova: There's no room for the devastators on the shores of the Strait (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

We received and are publishing this following the August 8th 
demonstration. - The Web Editorial Staff ---- We took to the streets 
once again. Thousands of us did so once again. We're not interested in 
the sheer numbers. There are so many of us. We are Sicilians and 
Calabrians, but there are also many in solidarity with us, people who 
are fighting against further devastation in their own territories, 
people we will support by going to their territories to give them 
greater strength.
In all these years of mobilization, we have had to overcome many 
obstacles. On the side of the devastators were money and power. On our 
side, only generosity and our bodies. Despite this, we can say we have 
won. Today, the anti-bridge opinion is a largely majority in our 
territories. This square demonstrates this, as does the fact that there 
have never been pro-bridge squares of this size. The truth is that while 
a no-bridge population has formed over the years, the opposite cannot be 
said. There is no such thing as a Yes Bridge people.

In these years of mobilization, many generations have succeeded one 
another, and each time they have passed on the baton of solidarity and 
the defense of our land. This happens because generosity and love for 
one's land are stronger than the lust for profit. This is why all their 
narratives, all their arguments, have crumbled. We were right. About 
everything.

Over the years, we have questioned ourselves. We have studied the 
project. We have produced enormous quantities of reflections, analyses, 
and counterarguments. At the end of all this, we have understood that 
they have no plan other than to continue the process and make money from 
it. They don't know if the bridge can be built. They don't know if it 
would stand. They don't have a financial plan. They only know that the 
longer this story lasts, the better for them because the more they will 
gain.

We know that all this revolves around the concessionaire, Stretto di 
Messina Spa, a company whose governance has seen compensation caps 
slashed, a company that consumes huge resources every year without 
enriching the community in any way. A company that, culpably, successive 
governments since 2013 have not liquidated despite the Court of 
Auditors' repeated requests.

Amid all this, the region remains suspended by a project that will 
continue to generate profits for a few, even if it is never built. 
Younger people-we young people-are leaving. Those who live in the areas 
affected by the construction sites are holding their breath. Our very 
economy remains suspended by a ghost. The entire Strait area feels 
threatened by construction sites that could last 10, 20, or 30 years, 
making our daily lives unlivable.

We know that this is not a coincidence. We know that this is a method. 
We know that this is the logic of major projects, of the military 
occupation of our lands, of major events, of emergencies. Extracting 
profits from the land-that's all they're interested in.

And we, on the other hand, would like to live in peace, to take care of 
the places we inhabit, to have the opportunity to stay, to be able to 
decide the future of our lives. We are many. We have nature on our side, 
our bodies, and the desire for a more fulfilling future. All they have 
left is power and money. That's why we defeat them.

And that's why, in thanking everyone who took to the streets today and 
everyone who has done so throughout all these years of struggle, in 
thanking our sisters and brothers who came from abroad to bring their 
struggles to this square, we decree, from below, the closure of the 
Strait of Messina SpA.

No Bridge Assembly

https://umanitanova.org/non-ce-posto-per-i-devastatori-in-riva-allo-stretto/
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