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8/12/2019 INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARYFOR IMPRISONED ANARCHISTS IN ITALy
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INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARYFOR
IMPRISONED ANARCHISTS IN ITALy
2 0 a r r e s t s m o r e t h a n 1 0 0 p o l i c e r a i d s c o o r d i n a t e d a ll o v e r I ta l y and on ly
towards the anarch i s t movement : Th i s i s no t the face o f I ta l y under fasc i sm, bu t the
de m ocr a t i c I ta ly in ma y 2001 . Th e m ass i ve pe rsecu t i on be gan j us t few days a f te r the
v i c to ry o f the r i gh tw inged mu l t im i l l i ona i re S i l v i o B e r l u s c o n i in nat ion a l e lec t ion s . His
party - Forza Italia - go t mo re than 40 % o f the vo te s and imm ed ia te l y fo r m ed a
gov e rnmen t w i t h t he pos t f as c i s t A l l enz a Naz i ona l e , whos e l eade r had p rom i s ed t he
vo te rs a pu rge o f the a rab i c sh i t . A p ro m ise wh ich w as re wa rded w i th 10% o f the
votes .
W i th a coa l i t i on o f fasc i s ts , r igh t -w ing popu l i s ts and funda me nta l i s t ch r i s t i ans ,
Ber luscon i p laced h imse l f a t the fo re f ron t o f the I ta l i an s ta te , whose t rue na tu re was
revea led a t the G8 summi t i n Genoa, Ju l y 2001 . Here , young peop le f rom a l l t he wor ldtas ted what I ta l i an anarch i s ts tas te everyday : severe bea t i ngs , p lan ted ev idence
ra nd om arre s ts an d of ten tor ture in the sm al l ce l l s o f the iso la t ion pr ison, a l l w hi le the
s ta tepo l i ce pa in ted the wa l l s w i th teenage b lood .
S ince May 2001 persecu t i on o f anarch i s ts has been i nc reased and w idened . A t
the annua l i n te rna t i ona l meet i ng o f the A n a r c h i s t B l a c k C r o s s i t was
rep or te d that by the en d of ju ly th is year , e very ana rch is t f ro m the I ta lian
organ iza t i on had been a r res ted excep t one . Because o f th i s , i t was
proposed a t the meet ing to make an i n te rna t i ona l so l i da r i t y -day w i th the
imp r i son ed an arch i s ts in Ital y. T o m ark th i s we ' re hos t i ng an in fo m eet i ng
at the fo l low ing ad dre ss :
~ TALKS ~ FILM? - COFFEE ~
The meeting will be in english,
coffee will be provided. We will also
be taking voluntary contr ibut ions to
Anarchist Black Cross Italy.
The oppressed in I ta ly have had thei r
network broken wi th systemat ic
v iolence and prosecut ion.
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The ital ien C roce Nera Anarchica s (ABC) homepage was th is summer shut down by
Polizia de Stato, fo l lowed by more raids and arrests. Anarchists were brought di rect ly
from the street to isolat ion in prison.
This new democracy at tacks al l who does not swear loyal ty to par l iament and
democracy: The power of fear is s tronger than the power of love. In th is so cal led
dem ocra cy, as in Denm ark, patr iot ism is exp ecte d f rom al l c i t izens. F ascists are - as
me nt ioned - represented in the governm ent , therefore o f f i c ia l ly aproved: W he n beaten up
anarchists, dragged from the squatted houses, wake up in a cel l , they did not know i f theywere hi t by a fasc is ts or a polizia \ Fa scism is not som ething n ew in Ita ly : in 19 22-4 5
the fascist d ic tator, Beni to Mussol in i ru led I ta ly . Si lv io Berlusconi descr ibed this brutal
tyrant as a mercyful leader innoce nt of any cr ime, that sent peo ple on vacation in
internal exile in a recent interview.
Just l ike the fascism repression is not news in Italy. What is new, is i ts scale, i ts
rando mn ess and its bruta li ty . Ana rch is ts are accu sed for everyth ing, myster ious bom bs,
that they do not recogn ize. An arch ists w an ts a f ree society not one of fear, nor do they
want to be label led as terror is ts . However they are prosecuted alongside thei r supporters,
the i r network and comrades, who are a lso impr isoned on fa lse accusat ions . A l l we can
offer is support and sol idar i ty to those behind the wal ls .
A maximum of solidarity is the condition for being able to enjoy
a maximum of freedom. Errico Malatesta (1853-1932), italian anarchist
Anarchist Black Cross A B C ) , is an anarchist prisoner support
organization which exists in various countries al l around the globe.
i C i T O i Or ig ina l l y i t was founded as Anarchist Red Cross 1luring the czar-
M W l regime in Russia about 1904, but changed its name later du rin g the
/ civ i l war to avoid confu sion w ith the Red Cross.
I _ J L > Th e orga nization spread to Europe after the russian rev olu tion 1917.
? I The idea and practice was to help political prisoners, especially the
I . - J anarch ists, that were persecuted in Russia. In the 1930's the
I I pressure, espe cially fro m fascists, became too great and the
organization closed down unti l 1960, when it was restartet in
England. They immidiately took up the task of helping the pol i t ical prisoners from
4he tigh ts against Franco and the fascists du rin g the Spanish Civ ilw a r, 1936-39. T o
day - as mentioned before, various organizations exist all around the globe. There is
no formal headquarters and al l the local/national groups works completely
independently. An international network does exist. On the homepage o f the
network, there is wri t ten: We work for a stateless, cooperative/classless society,
free of privileges and domination based on race and sex. Because of their
struggle to achieve this, they support all who are imprisoned.
The organization is not religious and supports political prisoners that even Amnesty
International turn their back on.
For mo re in form at ion , s ee the hom epa ge o f the ne tw ork:
w w w . a n a r c h i s t b l a c k c r o s s . o r s
f r i h e t I i g . o r g