The accusations of cold, at the end of February, where the
meteorological cold seems to have disappeared, carried out by the police
of Pisa and Florence are in themselves nothing new. As long as the
police have existed and, in particular, since the police force for the
"protection of public order" has existed in Italy, it has always done
so. Hit those who protest. Or, better yet, beat up those who protest on
a certain side. ---- Therefore, this accusation against 15-year-olds
does not seem to bring any particular innovation. Just like in 2001,
without going back (but 2001 was a particular year), batons are used not
only to repress but, also and above all, to educate. The baton pedagogy,
very popular in the 20s, serves to repress the desire to return to the
streets.
But here, as in Genoa, there is something more. It's not just about
educating minority protesters.
No. As in 2001, a large part of the Italian population, despite the
absolute monopoly of information, ostracism and television censorship
never seen before, a single horrible thought, finds itself in
disagreement with the choices of its representatives. And don't disagree
about petty issues or pay (a decade-long layoff often seems to hang over
them
). No, the disagreement is about international politics. About peace and
war. Despite those who repeat clichés and insult younger generations.
The Palestinian genocide is too big and enormous an issue to ignore.
Especially because, added to the war in Ukraine, it marks a significant
leap in quality compared to the policies of the entire European Union. A
union that has now launched into war as "normality". On the issue of
Ukraine, where the responsibilities of the US and NATO are now so clear
that Putin's interlocutor is directly Biden and the Ukrainian president
is a figure destined to disappear when the war ends.
In this matter, I said, the EU's choice was, from the beginning, to
support one of the two sides. Not even an attempt was made to impose any
diplomatic action. And in this proxy conflict it lost its economic and
strategic interests. In the Palestinian tragedy, however, it supports,
except for a few voices, more due to circumstances than anything else,
the horrible endless massacre that Israel is committing. Well, in both
cases the population is mostly critical. This is the fundamental point
for which violent repression is very useful.
Especially because the right-wing government (I remember: the direct
right-wing heir of the fascist party) stipulated a tacit pact with the
EU and also with the USA: the total abandonment of NATO's Atlanticist
and free market policies and the EU in return of freedom of action
within it.
The "social right" fairy tale disappeared in just a few days.
Furthermore, even Benito Mussolini, in economic policy, adopted a
financial orthodoxy that did not displease the "City" about which he
poured "social-nationalist" words, at the same time that he cut wages
and eliminated trade union and political freedoms.
Meloni's government is a completely gray and anonymous government that
carries out the tasks of the reviled Brussels without error, obeying in
an almost embarrassing way. It fills this void with proclamations devoid
of consistency, if not the old idea of the "strong" state of Bava
Beccaris and Umberto I.
Even the uncritical support for Israel, even (or perhaps precisely) its
most racist and reactionary government ever (Nethanyau's, is part of
this path. The fascist right, direct heir of those who sent Jews to the
extermination camps (I remember- me that Almirante wrote in a newspaper
called "La Difesa della Razza") is admired by the violence that the
State of Israel unleashes against the Palestinians, who by the fascist
right have very well replaced the Jews in the role of scapegoats for
their racism (and, given that Israel has the support of the USA, this is
also a good thing: better to be with whoever is in charge).
But the FdI comes from the reality of a micro-party that, thanks to the
dementia of the left (which now stands out from the right for its more
colorful bricolage), and to a now structural abstentionism, has gained
an unusual power, a power that it cannot lose. He can't go back to the
suburbs to complain.
That is why it is preparing to overturn the Constitution (also preceded
here by the idiots of the "left"), tighten the bonds of repression,
criminalize dissent, teach a lesson to anyone who dares.
It hurt him. The demonstrations continue and the fear (as has happened
for decades) is that the struggles over the international issue will
merge with the internal ones. A danger that must be stopped somehow.
Thus, the "anarchist danger" that never disappears returns. Even the
danger of the "anti-Zionist anarchist". There is talk of a "dangerous
climate". The right-wing press is a cesspool worthy of the worst rubbish
of the last twenty years, which produces articles and headlines so
horrible that, in the 70s of the last century (when the protest was less
"soft"), they would not even have appeared in the private diary of some
right-handed journalist.
But the other press, the bourgeois, is no different and is much more
dangerous.
In the meantime, one fact must be clear. The war policies of the EU, the
US and NATO are not appreciated by the majority of the Italian
population, as we approach the second year of far-right government with
a stuttering and ridiculous left that hopes to return to the top after
the Renziano coup. delusion that, in practice, demolished him.
Maybe we should go back to listening to those who go to the square and
less to those who make distinctions in their words.
Andrea Bellucci
https://www.ucadi.org/2024/03/17/liberismo-e-moschetto-atlantista-perfetto/
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meteorological cold seems to have disappeared, carried out by the police
of Pisa and Florence are in themselves nothing new. As long as the
police have existed and, in particular, since the police force for the
"protection of public order" has existed in Italy, it has always done
so. Hit those who protest. Or, better yet, beat up those who protest on
a certain side. ---- Therefore, this accusation against 15-year-olds
does not seem to bring any particular innovation. Just like in 2001,
without going back (but 2001 was a particular year), batons are used not
only to repress but, also and above all, to educate. The baton pedagogy,
very popular in the 20s, serves to repress the desire to return to the
streets.
But here, as in Genoa, there is something more. It's not just about
educating minority protesters.
No. As in 2001, a large part of the Italian population, despite the
absolute monopoly of information, ostracism and television censorship
never seen before, a single horrible thought, finds itself in
disagreement with the choices of its representatives. And don't disagree
about petty issues or pay (a decade-long layoff often seems to hang over
them
). No, the disagreement is about international politics. About peace and
war. Despite those who repeat clichés and insult younger generations.
The Palestinian genocide is too big and enormous an issue to ignore.
Especially because, added to the war in Ukraine, it marks a significant
leap in quality compared to the policies of the entire European Union. A
union that has now launched into war as "normality". On the issue of
Ukraine, where the responsibilities of the US and NATO are now so clear
that Putin's interlocutor is directly Biden and the Ukrainian president
is a figure destined to disappear when the war ends.
In this matter, I said, the EU's choice was, from the beginning, to
support one of the two sides. Not even an attempt was made to impose any
diplomatic action. And in this proxy conflict it lost its economic and
strategic interests. In the Palestinian tragedy, however, it supports,
except for a few voices, more due to circumstances than anything else,
the horrible endless massacre that Israel is committing. Well, in both
cases the population is mostly critical. This is the fundamental point
for which violent repression is very useful.
Especially because the right-wing government (I remember: the direct
right-wing heir of the fascist party) stipulated a tacit pact with the
EU and also with the USA: the total abandonment of NATO's Atlanticist
and free market policies and the EU in return of freedom of action
within it.
The "social right" fairy tale disappeared in just a few days.
Furthermore, even Benito Mussolini, in economic policy, adopted a
financial orthodoxy that did not displease the "City" about which he
poured "social-nationalist" words, at the same time that he cut wages
and eliminated trade union and political freedoms.
Meloni's government is a completely gray and anonymous government that
carries out the tasks of the reviled Brussels without error, obeying in
an almost embarrassing way. It fills this void with proclamations devoid
of consistency, if not the old idea of the "strong" state of Bava
Beccaris and Umberto I.
Even the uncritical support for Israel, even (or perhaps precisely) its
most racist and reactionary government ever (Nethanyau's, is part of
this path. The fascist right, direct heir of those who sent Jews to the
extermination camps (I remember- me that Almirante wrote in a newspaper
called "La Difesa della Razza") is admired by the violence that the
State of Israel unleashes against the Palestinians, who by the fascist
right have very well replaced the Jews in the role of scapegoats for
their racism (and, given that Israel has the support of the USA, this is
also a good thing: better to be with whoever is in charge).
But the FdI comes from the reality of a micro-party that, thanks to the
dementia of the left (which now stands out from the right for its more
colorful bricolage), and to a now structural abstentionism, has gained
an unusual power, a power that it cannot lose. He can't go back to the
suburbs to complain.
That is why it is preparing to overturn the Constitution (also preceded
here by the idiots of the "left"), tighten the bonds of repression,
criminalize dissent, teach a lesson to anyone who dares.
It hurt him. The demonstrations continue and the fear (as has happened
for decades) is that the struggles over the international issue will
merge with the internal ones. A danger that must be stopped somehow.
Thus, the "anarchist danger" that never disappears returns. Even the
danger of the "anti-Zionist anarchist". There is talk of a "dangerous
climate". The right-wing press is a cesspool worthy of the worst rubbish
of the last twenty years, which produces articles and headlines so
horrible that, in the 70s of the last century (when the protest was less
"soft"), they would not even have appeared in the private diary of some
right-handed journalist.
But the other press, the bourgeois, is no different and is much more
dangerous.
In the meantime, one fact must be clear. The war policies of the EU, the
US and NATO are not appreciated by the majority of the Italian
population, as we approach the second year of far-right government with
a stuttering and ridiculous left that hopes to return to the top after
the Renziano coup. delusion that, in practice, demolished him.
Maybe we should go back to listening to those who go to the square and
less to those who make distinctions in their words.
Andrea Bellucci
https://www.ucadi.org/2024/03/17/liberismo-e-moschetto-atlantista-perfetto/
_________________________________________
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