WORLD WORLDWIDE EUROPE ITALY SICILY - news journal UPDATE - (en) Italy, Sicilia Libertaria #462 - Inventing the Future (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

 What autumn awaits us? An autumn of renewed social conflict, or yet

another autumn of our discontent, to paraphrase the title of John
Steinbeck's famous novel? If any signs of awakening have emerged
recently, it concerns the indignation, more moral than political, over
the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people by the Israeli
government. Otherwise, widespread micro-conflicts certainly persist,
even if they seem physiological. The institutional political landscape
is as disheartening as one can imagine. The right-wing government in
government continues its project of designing an orderly and rigidly
controlled society: a currently soft fascism, suited to the times of
ephemeral consumer freedom. Meanwhile, in foreign policy, it is doing
what any incumbent government would do: obeying US diktats and, above
all, paying homage to triumphant capitalism. The parliamentary
opposition thrives on specious polemics that denounce the right's shared
political and cultural horizons (if not in words, certainly in deeds):
the cult of enterprise, its competitive logic, and the scientism and
technicality that solve any problem. One might say, perhaps hastily but
effectively, that the institutional left and right are doing their job,
no more, no less.

If this is institutional politics, and we expect nothing different, what
are the perspectives, projects, and intentions that guide the actions of
that minority (perhaps fragmented, certainly) area of social antagonism?
Because one gets the impression that it isn't always able to escape, to
use Gramscian terms, the overwhelming and multifaceted hegemony of the
capitalist system. A few examples may help clarify.

The issue of the tariffs desired and imposed by Trump has been dragging
on for some time now and is at the center of public debate. It's not
worth summarizing the various positions here. What's interesting is that
the American choice has been almost unanimously criticized, contrasting
it with a supposed freedom of trade, a hard-won achievement of advanced
nations, thus simultaneously invoking an abstraction-freedom-that has a
strong hold on mass consensus. Few, however, have pointed out how
Trump's choices-instrumental and the product of an imperial logic-would
indirectly expose the flaws of capitalism, globalized or otherwise, and
could prompt us to reflect on how to create a self-centered and local
economy and how to implement production and distribution methods that
are truly tied to local areas. So what's the point of accusing Meloni of
not being able to stand up to Trump or find a solution to the problem of
rising tariffs in financing businesses, something entirely normal in the
logic of those who proclaim the inviolability of business? After all,
everyone-businesses, governments, political and social groups-has been
and still is in agreement in building an export-oriented economy, which,
among other things, relies on the exploitation of immigrant and local
labor, especially in agriculture, the flagship of our exports. Perhaps
it would be more helpful to think about how to escape the constraints of
imposed logic, especially by those who claim to be anti-capitalist.

Another example concerns the dramatic Palestinian situation, which,
after almost two years, has led to a reawakening of conscience, while
opposition parties seem to see it, now more than ever, as an opportunity
for anti-government criticism. Here too, beyond the moral condemnation
of the genocide, the positions of those who choose one side prevail:
pro-Palestine, which often means pro-Hamas or pro-Israel, that is,
pro-Jewish, irreparable victims of Nazi fury. Or the slogan "two
peoples, two states" is mechanically repeated: while it may have its
symbolic value, it fails to take into account the forces at play today,
the complexity of the situation, and the multifaceted relations between
Palestinians and Israelis. Few, however, have pointed out how pushing
for two states responds to the logic of ethnic nationalism, so dear to
the right, sovereignist or otherwise, a harbinger of perpetual conflict
and war. And even fewer have emphasized all those experiences that
advocate for a meeting between the two peoples and promote desertion
from war and nationalism. It is certainly not up to us to decide what
choices the Palestinians (or Israelis) should make, but for those in
Italy or elsewhere who desire true liberation of peoples, support,
commitment, and struggle must be directed toward fostering encounter and
not conflict, toward supporting those who oppose war and militarism, and
toward diverting energy here from imperialist and warmongering logic.

Finally a more "banal" example, almost of colour and seaside, it is
appropriate to say, given its duration and appearance for

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