On 23 March, the movement organized an important round table in Catania: "The gas
match in the war", with the participation of Recommon and Friends of the EarthMalta. The initiative was hosted by the Graziella Giuffrida Center for PopularSolidarity, and made it possible to focus on the role of the Mediterranean in theenergy and military policies of the great powers. For the occasion, the comicstrip "Fàula birdi" by Erre Push was presented. ---- The militarist campaignwithin the school world continues more and more. The occasion - the umpteenth -is given by the Centenary of the Air Force, on which the Minister ofInculturation Valditara has aimed to transfer the warmongering values of thismilitary body to young students and even to children. An exhibition of books onthe origins and history of aviation was held at the Library of the Ministry ofEducation, "a story made up of heroic deeds, technology, innovation but above allof profound humanity in which the Air Force was the protagonist" .In these hundred years the Air Force has acquired many demerit medals, for itsmurderous incursions in the East African campaign, with the gasification ofSomali and Ethiopian villages, in the Spanish civil war, for the mass bombing ofcivilians, in the World War II on various fronts, up to the bombing of the formerYugoslavia and participation in NATO warmongering enterprises. The Centenary willnot speak of all this, or, if he does, it will, as always, be mystifying history.In Sicily, one of the key events was the Oped Day of the 37th wing at the NATOairport of Trapani Birgi on Tuesday 28 March, to celebrate with fighter-bombersand war helicopters. Hundreds of students from schools in western Sicily werealso able to attend the static display of the Eurofighter Typhoon F-2000fighter-bombers (among the most used in ground attack missions) and the newAgustaWestland HH-139 multi-role helicopters. All peppered with gymnasticdemonstrations - military and sports and a charity raffle for cancer research.The head teacher of the "Luigi Sturzo - Asta" comprehensive school in Marsala -as Antonio Mazzeo denounces - announced in a circular to teachers and parentsthat nine kindergarten classes and five first grade classes would go to Birgi forthe Open Day But the mobilization involved high schools and technical institutesof all levels, with bus trips paid for by families. Citizens were also allowed tovisit the NATO base. Obviously it all started with the inevitable flag-raisingand the commemoration of the fallen.The Trapani airport has assumed an increasingly central role in the conflicts ofrecent decades; just think of the bombings against Libya in 2011: 710 bombs andmissiles dropped on Libyan territory by raids from Birgi. For some time - Mazzeodenounces - the Sicilian airport has also served as an experimental range for thenew killer drones produced by the Italian and foreign military-industrialcomplex, contributing to the devastating process of militarization of theterritory and of society.The Air Force put other celebrations in place in Sigonella and at the radarcenters of Syracuse, Noto, Pantelleria. The forthcoming arrival of the FrecceTricolori in Sicily has also been announced.The NO MUOS Movement is very attentive to these campaigns, now even difficult toenumerate; in some cases it is possible to organize a minimum response, but ingeneral many go ahead without any critical voices to oppose them. It would beappropriate to join forces with the school's grassroots trade unions to try andexpand the possibilities of providing parents and students withcounter-information on the real intentions of these propaganda initiatives. Let'sremember that in high schools there is a shameless shopping campaign, proposingto boys and girls to make a career in the armed forces as a satisfying employmentoutlet.On 30 March, with the preliminary investigations concluded, the hearing of thetrial on the alleged escape of Turi Vaccaro in August 2018 was held at the Courtof Gela, which sees 29 activists accused. The movement issued a press release toprovide information on this procedural phase, rejecting "the false and speciousaccusations that are once again directed at us in this circumstance and westrongly claim our presence in that territory, for the dismantling of the Muostroand all the military bases, for the liberation from all oppressions, for asociety without wars and without exploitation."https://www.sicilialibertaria.it/_________________________________________A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C EBy, For, and About AnarchistsSend news reports to A-infos-en mailing listA-infos-en@ainfos.ca
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