In the heart of La Spezia, a city historically linked to the sea and
shipbuilding, preparations are underway for the new edition of SeaFuture
2025, an event that has transformed from a civilian blue economy fair
into a fully-fledged naval military show entirely dedicated to
international arms trade. Sponsored by leading arms production companies
- including Leonardo, Fincantieri, MBDA, Elettronica Group, and
Intermarine - and supported by the Italian Navy, SeaFuture will host
over 150 military delegations from around the world, including those
from authoritarian regimes and countries embroiled in war. The focus
will not be on peace, but on electronic warfare, cyber defense, and the
production and sale of weapons, including so-called "dual-use"
technologies, i.e., civilian technologies easily convertible to military
use.
In the midst of a global escalation of war and the genocide of the
Palestinian people before the eyes of the entire world, La Spezia is
preparing to host an event that normalizes and celebrates the arms
trade, a choice that also appears to be in stark contrast to Article 11
of the Italian Constitution, which would enshrine the rejection of war
as a means of resolving international disputes.
The involvement of local schools is extremely serious, as they are asked
to participate with projects, visits, competitions, and PCTO
(school-work alternation) activities involving students from the
province's schools. This participation risks further militarizing
schools and distorting their educational curricula, exposing students to
an implicit message that legitimizes armed conflict and the war industry.
The event comes at a time when the European Union is launching
rearmament plans worth hundreds of billions of euros and NATO is asking
member countries to allocate 5% of their GDP to military spending, while
resources for healthcare, education, and the environment are lacking.
All this is happening in a city with an arsenal yet to be reclaimed, a
coastline closed to the population because it is occupied by the Navy,
effectively denying its own residents access to the sea. A city that
risks becoming a symbol of war and death with the growing presence of
weapons factories and the organization of events like SeaFuture.
To counter all this, we are calling for the conversion of SeaFuture into
a civil fair focused on sustainability; an end to schools' involvement
in war-related events; the appeal also calls for an end to military
cooperation with Israel and sanctions for human rights violations.
We demand the demilitarization of La Spezia and the conversion of the
war industry and military spaces for social use.
We want a future of peace, justice, and international solidarity.
PROCESSION SEPTEMBER 27 AT 3:30 PM
PIAZZA BRIN - LA SPEZIA
LET'S BUILD A LIBERTARIAN ANTIMILITARIST PRESENCE AT THE PROCESSION
Let's Reconvert SeaFuture - Antimilitarist Coordination
https://umanitanova.org/basta-produzioni-di-armi-la-spezia-riconvertire-seafuture/
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shipbuilding, preparations are underway for the new edition of SeaFuture
2025, an event that has transformed from a civilian blue economy fair
into a fully-fledged naval military show entirely dedicated to
international arms trade. Sponsored by leading arms production companies
- including Leonardo, Fincantieri, MBDA, Elettronica Group, and
Intermarine - and supported by the Italian Navy, SeaFuture will host
over 150 military delegations from around the world, including those
from authoritarian regimes and countries embroiled in war. The focus
will not be on peace, but on electronic warfare, cyber defense, and the
production and sale of weapons, including so-called "dual-use"
technologies, i.e., civilian technologies easily convertible to military
use.
In the midst of a global escalation of war and the genocide of the
Palestinian people before the eyes of the entire world, La Spezia is
preparing to host an event that normalizes and celebrates the arms
trade, a choice that also appears to be in stark contrast to Article 11
of the Italian Constitution, which would enshrine the rejection of war
as a means of resolving international disputes.
The involvement of local schools is extremely serious, as they are asked
to participate with projects, visits, competitions, and PCTO
(school-work alternation) activities involving students from the
province's schools. This participation risks further militarizing
schools and distorting their educational curricula, exposing students to
an implicit message that legitimizes armed conflict and the war industry.
The event comes at a time when the European Union is launching
rearmament plans worth hundreds of billions of euros and NATO is asking
member countries to allocate 5% of their GDP to military spending, while
resources for healthcare, education, and the environment are lacking.
All this is happening in a city with an arsenal yet to be reclaimed, a
coastline closed to the population because it is occupied by the Navy,
effectively denying its own residents access to the sea. A city that
risks becoming a symbol of war and death with the growing presence of
weapons factories and the organization of events like SeaFuture.
To counter all this, we are calling for the conversion of SeaFuture into
a civil fair focused on sustainability; an end to schools' involvement
in war-related events; the appeal also calls for an end to military
cooperation with Israel and sanctions for human rights violations.
We demand the demilitarization of La Spezia and the conversion of the
war industry and military spaces for social use.
We want a future of peace, justice, and international solidarity.
PROCESSION SEPTEMBER 27 AT 3:30 PM
PIAZZA BRIN - LA SPEZIA
LET'S BUILD A LIBERTARIAN ANTIMILITARIST PRESENCE AT THE PROCESSION
Let's Reconvert SeaFuture - Antimilitarist Coordination
https://umanitanova.org/basta-produzioni-di-armi-la-spezia-riconvertire-seafuture/
_________________________________________
A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C E
By, For, and About Anarchists
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