[fse-esf] 17th of March national demo in Italy against the war

[CAMPAIGN GENOA 2001 GREECE]

piero bernocchi <pierobernocchi at libero.it> wrote: 
Dear friends from Italy and all around the world.Let's make the map of our demos on March 17-18th.
Athens is on the map march 17th.
Petros

> 17th of March in Rome national demonstration against the war and for the
> withdrawal of the italian troops from Afghanistan and all the war fronts.
> 
> 
> 
> Nairobi WSF called for a global day against war on the 17th of March,
> anniversary of Iraq invasion.
> 
> All around the world, millions of people are going to ask for the end of
> wars, starting from Iraq and Afghanistan,  for the closure of bases,  for
> atomic disarmament. In that days the Italian Parliament is going again to
> vote the war funding, Afghanistan at first place.That's why we call on all
> people sharing the dream of peace and justice, to build also in Italy a
> global day against war.
> 
> The movement against Vicenza's new military base represented, with its
> extraordinary demonstration of 200000 people 17th of February), a turning
> point  against the war policies of our government, for a new  season of
> struggles able to break italian complicity with permanent war.
> 
> The imposition of Vicenza's USA military base it's a choice against people's
> will and against environmental defence, and also a strategy in favour of
> war, on the same wavelenght with USA and Nato; this policy supports weapon
> production and an extreme increase of military expenditure, until the
> wreckless decision to buy from USA, for 13 billions, Johns Strike Fighter
> bombers. A policy  that is said to be “multilateral” but that is simply a
> war policy,  motivated by the wish to make Italy a “small -great" power ,
> facilitating the growth of its financial holding  throughout the World.
> 
> Prodi's government fell at the Senate on war, overwhelmed by its
> contradictions, coming both from the left as well as from the right wings.
> Prodi’s second time round government, who was set on foot with the further
> help of the right, challenges openly all movements; from NO-TAV ,  imposing
> the “high speed” trains, to the environmental movements, imposing LNG
> terminals (regasification units), to No-Vat (No–Vatican)  being against
> civil unions, but, above all, the government clashes with the anti-war
> movement, declaring its complete loyalty to the USA and the NATO, and
> supporting the war missions and the new Vicenza's military base.
> 
> The illusion of a “friendly” government is failing and, for those who love
> peace, is growing the responsibility of a new social opposition to war
> policies: an opposition able to maintain  continuity with the antiwar
> movement -after the 17th of February - able to challenge the foreign policy
> of  the new Prodi’s government.
> 
> Our first aim, besides a victory in the fight against the new Vicenza's base
> Dal Molin, is the withdrawal of  troop from Afghanistan,  because our
> permanence there means the maximum complicity with a war under Nato
> leadership. The struggle against Vicenza's base has become everybody's
> struggle: the same has to happen for the struggle against war policy,
> starting from  people and territories challenging the growing
> militarization.
> 
> We want to built a big national demonstration in Rome, a second step along
> the path we undertook in Vicenza  , linking the opposition to military bases
> to  the opposition to military missions, linking the local struggle  to the
> national and international struggle against war; we will strongly request to
> the members of our parliament to vote against the decree and the refinancing
> of  the  mission in Afghanistan.
> 
> 
> 
>  National demonstration in  Rome on March, 17th.
> 
>  Immediate withdrawal of  troops from Afghanistan and from all the war
> fronts. Closure of all USA and NATO military bases, to win the struggle
> against Dal Molin military base. Against military expenditures. Support the
> resistance of struggling people, from Vicenza to all occupied territories
> and invaded countries.
> 
> 
> 
> Confederazione COBAS - Italy
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