A-Infos (en) Italy, UCADI, #212 - SHUT UP YOU (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

UNTHINKING MIDDLE CLASS ---- Diego Bianchi, the famous "Zoro", declared 
on September 21st on the programme "8 1/2" (La7) that Putin would win in 
Italy. There would be much to say about the intellectual level of the 
character and the programme he hosts ("Propaganda Live" also on La7), 
but here personal tastes also come into play . I can only say that, 
exactly like Fazio's programme, these are centre-left identity 
programmes, designed for that audience that Paul Ginsborg would have 
called the "reflective middle class"[2], a social class that in reality 
today has numerically reduced, impoverished and pulverised, but which 
still thinks of itself, in some way, as the vanguard of moderate 
progressivism, whatever that means. An often downgraded niche that does 
not throw itself to the right mainly for sentimental reasons and to 
identify the term "left" with civic sense and the belief that it is 
still anthropologically superior.
Also worthy of note are "Zoro's" statements on the Italian resistance, 
devoid of any historical dignity.
Unless, to bring together distant and diverse events, one says that 
beings breathe, walk, and eat.
Obviously, the right-wing press has jumped on the bandwagon, going so 
far as to praise Diego Bianchi, when, generally speaking, even those who 
ask for a receipt are considered communists. Not to mention the 
atrocities of the "Foglio" of the "Riformista" (better known as Rifognista).
Aside from these considerations, I would like to focus once again on the 
true war propaganda that has been trying to convince a reluctant public 
opinion for almost 5 years.[3]
This toxic propaganda has transformed a tragedy like the war into an 
Italy-World game, where anyone who tries to use reasoning is considered 
ipso facto a traitor.

INVADES-INVADERS-INVASED

It's worth recap. On February 24, 2022, the Russian bombing of Ukraine 
began, but he stated, "Who cares, who cares if public opinion is against 
military support for Ukraine!" Just as the assassination of Archduke 
Ferdinand was not the primary cause of the Great War, it's impossible to 
separate 2022 from what happened in the previous decade. But while this 
simple fact would seem self-evident to anyone, without necessarily 
having to choose sides, for nearly five years every attempt at rational 
discussion about that conflict has been assailed with incomprehensible 
violence. Previous history doesn't matter. What matters is the fairy 
tale of the promised land 3,000 years ago, or even the punishment of 
Versailles for the rise of Nazism. But it doesn't matter if Russia is 
involved. Where Russia exists, there is no history, but only an 
incomprehensible and fearful Moloch whose entire existence must be 
destroyed, including its culture, including its writers, just as in 1935 
it was forbidden to perform Beethoven or read Kant (yes... Kant, the one 
read by the Ukrainian Nazi armies).

WHERE IS THE VICTORY?

In 2022 there were 59 conflicts in the world[4], presumably where one of 
the two actors was invaded or attacked and the other counterattacked or 
defended itself. This is to clarify that the terms "invader" and 
"invaded" can take on very little "value-based" characteristics (e.g. 
Italy was invaded by the Allies in 1943). Also because it is 
tautological that war is waged by two. Except for the unique case of the 
genocide in Gaza where Israel voluntarily and knowingly exterminated the 
civilian population, with the applause and support of the pure souls who 
equate Putin with Hitler.
Therefore, 59 conflicts where, in some, there is the hand of the powers 
(Russia, USA, etc...). But in none of these cases have the leaders of 
the European Union ever expressed not only the slightest intention of 
supplying weapons to one of the contenders, but they were also not even 
the slightest bit interested in the humanitarian situation. Obviously, 
there has been total silence from the press too.
Ukraine is not in NATO, it is not in the EU, it has no particular 
agreements with EU countries and EU countries have never had specific 
interests in that area.
The question arises spontaneously: what is the point of agreements, 
treaties, commercial and/or military unions, if then every type of 
diplomatic articulation is bypassed, to put both feet in a war that does 
not concern us?
Of course, there is the humanitarian question and there is the disgust 
that every war should cause. But faced with a total lack of humanitarian 
interest (with the exception of the uncritical and false infatuation of 
the first part of the conflict where "white and Aryan" refugees were 
welcomed with great fanfare. Finally, non-black immigrants!)[5]and, 
above all, a total diplomatic absence, the path of supplying weapons was 
chosen right from the start, causing an escalation that has now come to 
the brink of nuclear conflict.
Together with this choice of side, war propaganda has begun. As I 
mentioned earlier. "We win and we will win!" such obtuse and demented 
propaganda that, despite the constant harping and harping, every time 
polls are conducted, even the most ambiguous and convoluted, the Italian 
population demonstrates that they have no intention of waging war.

THEY TELL ME IT'S NOT TRUE

In the 1970s, the brilliant comedian Alighiero Noschese performed a 
marvelous imitation of the journalist Mario Pastore. He excitedly 
announced the most sensational news. Then, after answering the phone, he 
specified, "They tell me it's not true."[6]
A few days ago, Ansa released a story, taken up by the newspaper El 
Mundo, which opened the national news, according to which the CIA had 
discovered a Russian plan to attack Italy, Spain and France with drones. 
The news, obviously a hoax, was denied almost in real time and was 
repeated until the evening.
Now, unless we think that the international press has carried out the 
CIA's plan to pour SD into the sewers, the situation seems much more 
rudimentary to me. Even if the CIA is always present.[7]
That is, how to prepare the European population for war. Here we really 
have to think about what is going on in the heads of the European and 
NATO leaders. We do not know if they are bluffing, if they want to push 
the accelerator for a stress test, if they really want to go into 
conflict with Russia. I believe it is always worth remembering the 
outcomes to which these sleepwalking strategies have led[8]by 
remembering Caracciolo's words on the half-hour duration of the next 
nuclear conflict.[9]

RIGHT AND LEFT

Until about thirty years ago, if there was an issue that could unify the 
ever-divided left, it was peace. The left, any section of it, was 
against nationalism, fascism, war and in some cases fiercely 
anti-imperialist.
Today we are faced with a bellicose spirit that cuts across both 
positions (in many cases differentiated only by nominal topography). And 
we curiously witness a Salvini, as well as the Nazis of the AFD, who say 
apparently pacifist things about war. Pro domo sua obviously, but so be it.
On the left, however, we have long witnessed the imperial transformation 
of its own positions[10]. The last flash was the first Gulf War (1991) 
during which the PCI, still in liquidation, maintained an almost 
contrary position despite a thousand distinctions and obviously, amidst 
the mockery of the "liberal" press ("Il Corriere", "Repubblica").
Advice supported by Cossiga, should not be forgotten.
Thus, to enter the good living room (a bit like Nenni's naive "control 
room") the price to pay was to practically leave one's own identity outside.

A GENOCIDE AT THE UN

And we come to the other side of the same problem. A genocidal 
perpetrator indicted for crimes against humanity not only speaks at the 
UN, but exultantly displays the mass slaughter, while his henchmen 
threaten and intimidate those present in an institution the criminal 
despises. Meanwhile, Abu Mazen cannot attend because the US has denied 
him a visa. This is extremely serious behavior, given that the UN is the 
international representation.
Yet, faced with this scandalous and criminal behavior, our "free" press 
has not shown the same indignation it daily expresses against Russia. 
Indeed, there are journalists and newspapers (not just right-wing ones, 
because we know who that cesspool is) who praise it. Moreover, the 
famous "Left for Israel" group is among the most biased in our country 
(and is part of the Democratic Party).

THE WALKING DEAD

In April 2003, a month before his death, Luigi Pintor wrote a memorable 
article that seems to me perfectly timed for the current historical 
moment. Twenty-three years have passed, and someone clearly understood 
where we were headed.

The Italian left as we know it is dead. We don't admit it because it 
opens up a vacuum that daily political life cannot tolerate. We can 
always console ourselves with partial elections or a noisy 
demonstration. But the representative left, a broken oak tree, a 
withered daisy, and a trunkless olive tree, is out of the picture.
They are neither an opposition nor an alternative, nor even an 
alternation, to use this jargon. They have reached a level of 
subordination and subjection not only to the policies of the right but 
to its point of view and mentality, both internationally and 
domestically. I don't believe they are doing this out of opportunism or 
that it is the fault of individual leaders. Since '89, they have lost 
their historical position and their reference points and have crossed 
over to the other side. With some nuances. They want to return to 
government without any chance and believe this depends on their 
relations with the dominant groups and with the moderate and right-wing 
majority opinion. They consider their third of the electorate a 
hindrance rather than the only available resource. They have put the war 
behind them with a consensual parliamentary vote. Not the Iraqi war, but 
the American preventive and permanent war. They use the UN as a formal 
shelter and fail to see the scenario that has opened up. This also 
applies to the Italian scenario, where the confrontation is merely 
propagandistic. It's not a thousand voices and a single soul, as a 
manifesto claims; the soul has been missing for some time, and now 
there's no credible political face or physiognomy. It's an observation, 
not a polemic. We rely heavily on movements where the left's presence 
and spirit are evident. But they're not an adequate force on an 
international scale. Our ideas, our behaviors, our words are outdated 
compared to the dynamics of things, compared to current events and 
prospects. What's needed isn't a turning point, but a profound upheaval. 
Humanity is divided in two, above or below the institutions, divided 
into two parts irreconcilable in their way of feeling and being, but not 
yet in their way of acting. Nothing Manichean, but we need to draw 
another boundary and establish a sense of extraneousness with respect to 
the other side. Right and left are formulas. superficial and vague ideas 
that do not mark this boundary. Even peace and civil coexistence, our 
banners, cannot be an option among others, but an absolute principle 
that implies a conception of the world and of daily existence. Not a 
banner and an ideal, but a way of life. If the dominant segment of 
humanity today were to return to the state of nature with all its modern 
prostheses, it would make killing and the subjugation of self and others 
the rule and the
lever of history. We must abolish all contiguity with this 
irreconcilable side. An international, another ancient word that should 
also be abolished but to which we are attached. Not a formal 
organization but a myriad of women and men whose nationality, race, 
faith, political or religious background is irrelevant. Individuals but 
not atoms, who meet and recognize each other almost instinctively and 
enter into harmony naturally. In our microcosm we called each other 
comrades with this spontaneity but in a limited and jealous circle. Now 
it is an area without borders. It must not win tomorrow but operate 
every day and invade the field. Its aim is to reinvent life in an era 
that is depriving us of it in unprecedented ways."
(Luigi Pintor, April 2003, "Il Manifesto")

[1]A word to be linked to the wonderful sketch by Aldo Fabrizi
[2]P. Ginsborg, History of Italy from the post-war period to today , 
Einaudi 1989 and subsequent editions. But the concept has appeared in 
his other writings.
[3]So much so that the possessed Marie Teresa Meli, last September 16th 
on Aria che tira (La7!)
[4]For details on the conflicts it is a must to read the editions of the 
Atlas of wars and conflicts, see also the site 
https://www.unimondo.org/atlante-delle-guerre
[5]In this regard it is advisable to see the film 
https://www.mymovies.it/film/2023/green-border/
[6]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBYpDqThxqA
[7]In this regard it is worth reading the book by Frances Stonor 
Saunders, The Cultural Cold War. How the CIA influenced the European 
imagination , Fazi, 2026 (original ed., 1999). The author passed away on 
August 31st.
[8]Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers. How Europe Came to the Great War 
, Laterza, 2013.
[9]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpKKoeAADLo
[10]"Imperial Left" is a term coined by the philosophy scholar Stefano 
Azzarà.

Andrea Bellucci

https://www.ucadi.org/2026/09/29/taci-tu/
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