We announced it when the good souls of the institutional "left" were
looking elsewhere, and we promptly received confirmation: the opening of
a neo-fascist branch in Cesena would bring a series of problems. ---- A
racist attack that occurred on the evening of Friday, August 29th, in
front of the CasaPound headquarters in Corte Dandini in Cesena, where
the fascists were planning a reopening party after their summer break,
quickly became local and national news.
Preceded by racist insults ("fucking niggers") directed at three young
men who were casually walking past the headquarters, the attack,
according to witnesses, saw about fifteen comrades come out and
physically attack the youths with chairs, belts, and bottles.
It also appears that before the attack, the fascists also insulted and
harassed a group of minors who were walking past their headquarters.
We have written, said, and reiterated that the opening of such a den
would pose a threat to public safety for everyone: from our physical
opposition to the fascists' presence in the square, to the organization
of the demonstration against the inauguration of CasaPound's first
headquarters in Cesena, on Via Albertini, in 2018 (later closed and
reopened in May 2024 in Corte Dandini), to the many initiatives launched
by the Cesena Anti-Fascist Assembly.
For their opposition to the opening of the Via Albertini den, four
anti-fascists endured a seven-and-a-half-year trial for domestic
violence, accompanied by shameful media coverage by various
(dis)information outlets, who, however, carefully avoided reporting that
these same four people were later acquitted by the Bologna Court of Appeal.
The attempt to distort reality and portray fascists as victims is, after
all, a well-known and tried-and-true rhetorical device.
This is evidenced by the description of the attack, which some media
outlets have turned into a "brawl," with an unacceptable sharing of
blame, simply because the attacked youths had legitimately attempted to
defend themselves. This is also reflected in the news that the
prosecutor investigating the incident has placed five people under
investigation, including the attacked themselves.
Furthermore, this is not the first time CasaPound activists in Cesena
have been responsible for harassment and asserting their fascist
beliefs. For those with short memories, we recall the attempts to
intimidate the residents of the building where the first headquarters
was located, on Via Albertini, who immediately opposed the fascists and
had to endure their raucous late-night singing of national anthems from
the 1920s, as reported at the time in the local news.
One thing, however, we want to make clear.
With our initiatives opposing all forms of authoritarianism, we have
never intended to support the opportunism of the parties governing the
city. The anti-fascism to which we have always aspired and advocated
requires active participation and a strong sense of action, prerogatives
that those who belong to (or support) the established parties will never
be able to understand and embrace, given their blind faith in
delegation. A clear example of this is the mayor of Cesena, who stated
that the city administration "does not have the tools to act" against
the fascist headquarters in Corte Dandini, entrusting the task to the
Police Headquarters... which, as is well known, is distinguished by high
anti-fascist ideals (of course!).
As if the presence of the aforementioned headquarters were merely
another public order problem, or a bureaucratic nuisance, and not
instead a degenerative process within the territory that affects the
political legitimacy of such spaces.
Relying on institutions will not solve the problem of fascist presence
in cities. If institutions-not only national ones but also local
ones-are part of the problem, if they themselves are incapable of acting
as a deterrent to fascism and, indeed, often promote and foment fascist
culture itself, for example, by supporting resolutions and ordinances
against social marginalization without providing alternative solutions
(such as the provision of affordable public housing), appealing to these
is not only childish naiveté but even a betrayal of the anti-fascist
ideals so much vaunted. When anti-fascism becomes a mere embellishment,
it is simply a lie; if it is then invoked for low-level political
propaganda, it is irreparably debased. Anti-fascism must be a constant
in our lives, not an electoral calculation of a certain left that
increasingly winks at the worst of the right in its policies.
The extremely serious nature of this attack remains, which cannot and
must not be underestimated. Nor should it be considered an isolated
event, but rather should be seen as part of the dynamics of neo-fascist
groups, fueled by the climate of intolerance for those other than
themselves that is rampant today, not only in social media comments
(which are pointless) but above all thanks to the policies of
institutions, both right-wing and left-wing, that wage war on the poor
while fomenting a "war among the poor," providing moral justification
for racist delusions such as so-called "remigration," i.e., the attempt
to present the deportation of non-whites as a political proposal.
In the face of fascism, racism, and the supremacism of far-right
extraparliamentary groups and institutions, which we see rising
worldwide (along with militarism and nationalism), we continue to
believe that the only social defense is to join forces and organize from
the bottom up.
Solidarity with the three young men attacked.
Close all fascist offices!
Antifa of Forlì-Cesena
https://umanitanova.org/sullaggressione-fascista-e-razzista-di-cesena/
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looking elsewhere, and we promptly received confirmation: the opening of
a neo-fascist branch in Cesena would bring a series of problems. ---- A
racist attack that occurred on the evening of Friday, August 29th, in
front of the CasaPound headquarters in Corte Dandini in Cesena, where
the fascists were planning a reopening party after their summer break,
quickly became local and national news.
Preceded by racist insults ("fucking niggers") directed at three young
men who were casually walking past the headquarters, the attack,
according to witnesses, saw about fifteen comrades come out and
physically attack the youths with chairs, belts, and bottles.
It also appears that before the attack, the fascists also insulted and
harassed a group of minors who were walking past their headquarters.
We have written, said, and reiterated that the opening of such a den
would pose a threat to public safety for everyone: from our physical
opposition to the fascists' presence in the square, to the organization
of the demonstration against the inauguration of CasaPound's first
headquarters in Cesena, on Via Albertini, in 2018 (later closed and
reopened in May 2024 in Corte Dandini), to the many initiatives launched
by the Cesena Anti-Fascist Assembly.
For their opposition to the opening of the Via Albertini den, four
anti-fascists endured a seven-and-a-half-year trial for domestic
violence, accompanied by shameful media coverage by various
(dis)information outlets, who, however, carefully avoided reporting that
these same four people were later acquitted by the Bologna Court of Appeal.
The attempt to distort reality and portray fascists as victims is, after
all, a well-known and tried-and-true rhetorical device.
This is evidenced by the description of the attack, which some media
outlets have turned into a "brawl," with an unacceptable sharing of
blame, simply because the attacked youths had legitimately attempted to
defend themselves. This is also reflected in the news that the
prosecutor investigating the incident has placed five people under
investigation, including the attacked themselves.
Furthermore, this is not the first time CasaPound activists in Cesena
have been responsible for harassment and asserting their fascist
beliefs. For those with short memories, we recall the attempts to
intimidate the residents of the building where the first headquarters
was located, on Via Albertini, who immediately opposed the fascists and
had to endure their raucous late-night singing of national anthems from
the 1920s, as reported at the time in the local news.
One thing, however, we want to make clear.
With our initiatives opposing all forms of authoritarianism, we have
never intended to support the opportunism of the parties governing the
city. The anti-fascism to which we have always aspired and advocated
requires active participation and a strong sense of action, prerogatives
that those who belong to (or support) the established parties will never
be able to understand and embrace, given their blind faith in
delegation. A clear example of this is the mayor of Cesena, who stated
that the city administration "does not have the tools to act" against
the fascist headquarters in Corte Dandini, entrusting the task to the
Police Headquarters... which, as is well known, is distinguished by high
anti-fascist ideals (of course!).
As if the presence of the aforementioned headquarters were merely
another public order problem, or a bureaucratic nuisance, and not
instead a degenerative process within the territory that affects the
political legitimacy of such spaces.
Relying on institutions will not solve the problem of fascist presence
in cities. If institutions-not only national ones but also local
ones-are part of the problem, if they themselves are incapable of acting
as a deterrent to fascism and, indeed, often promote and foment fascist
culture itself, for example, by supporting resolutions and ordinances
against social marginalization without providing alternative solutions
(such as the provision of affordable public housing), appealing to these
is not only childish naiveté but even a betrayal of the anti-fascist
ideals so much vaunted. When anti-fascism becomes a mere embellishment,
it is simply a lie; if it is then invoked for low-level political
propaganda, it is irreparably debased. Anti-fascism must be a constant
in our lives, not an electoral calculation of a certain left that
increasingly winks at the worst of the right in its policies.
The extremely serious nature of this attack remains, which cannot and
must not be underestimated. Nor should it be considered an isolated
event, but rather should be seen as part of the dynamics of neo-fascist
groups, fueled by the climate of intolerance for those other than
themselves that is rampant today, not only in social media comments
(which are pointless) but above all thanks to the policies of
institutions, both right-wing and left-wing, that wage war on the poor
while fomenting a "war among the poor," providing moral justification
for racist delusions such as so-called "remigration," i.e., the attempt
to present the deportation of non-whites as a political proposal.
In the face of fascism, racism, and the supremacism of far-right
extraparliamentary groups and institutions, which we see rising
worldwide (along with militarism and nationalism), we continue to
believe that the only social defense is to join forces and organize from
the bottom up.
Solidarity with the three young men attacked.
Close all fascist offices!
Antifa of Forlì-Cesena
https://umanitanova.org/sullaggressione-fascista-e-razzista-di-cesena/
_________________________________________
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