A-Infos (en) Italy, Umanita Nova: Statement: We support Bosco Ospizio (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

In Reggio, real estate developers have long since been eyeing another 
piece of land for development, as if it were needed after the 
construction binge of recent decades. --- A green space, in an otherwise 
densely built-up area, featuring tall trees and other spontaneous 
vegetation, and a refuge and habitat for many animal species. We are, of 
course, talking about Bosco Ospizio, which the businessmen at Conad, in 
full agreement with the Municipality of Reggio, are preparing to 
bulldoze to make way for yet another supermarket and other developments. 
All this at a time when the effects of the shortage of green spaces and 
the growth of development are visible to everyone, with our cities 
transformed into furnaces. And may the Municipality of Reggio come to 
terms with it: no one believes the fairy tale that planting a few 
hundred sticks in street flowerbeds is "compensation" for the felled 
trees. It's all about business and profit for a few versus the hardship 
of many.
Throughout Italy, politicians and governments of all stripes blather 
about mitigation measures in the face of the ongoing climate 
catastrophe, only to turn a blind eye when profit, which for them is 
more important than life, comes into play. Meanwhile, some 
self-organized and spontaneous committees, born from the initiative of 
people who are simply fed up with the hypocrisy of those who continue to 
cut down trees in the face of disaster, have demonstrated that these 
struggles can be won. One of many is the Besta Committee in Bologna.
As the Reggio Emilia Anarchist Federation, we denounce this real estate 
speculation, which sees Conad and the Municipality marching together, 
and we support the Bosco Ospizio Committee, which has long opposed the 
operation and is currently holding a permanent protest in front of the 
forest to prevent the bulldozers from destroying it. Only through 
self-organized, grassroots struggles can we save our future.
Reggio Emilia Anarchist Federation - FAI
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