WORLD WORLDWIDE EUROPE ITALY - news journal UPDATE - (en) Italy, Anarres: ANTIMILITARIST ATTENDANCE AT PORTA SUSA AGAINST WAR TRAINS (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

 Railways are increasingly at the service of war. A torrent of public money has been allocated to modernizing lines for military transport.

On Saturday, March 28, as part of the week of information and struggle launched by the Antimilitarist Assembly, a demonstration was held at Porta Susa station in Turin.
Riot police deployed to block access to the platforms.
The banner "No to War Trains" was nevertheless hung above the entrance.
The initiative attracted a wide and varied turnout.

Music, leafleting, and speeches captured the attention of passersby and travelers, who lingered for long periods during the various speeches, which highlighted how rail transport has become increasingly dangerous in recent years, as staff cuts and the outsourcing of maintenance expose workers and travelers to enormous risks.

From Viareggio to Brandizzo, the list of massacres grows. These are not accidents, but murders, the perpetrators of which sit on railway boards and in government offices.

With new investments in war logistics, railways, a potential target for drones and bombings, will become increasingly dangerous.

Thanks to dual use, both civilian and military, trains full of ammunition and tanks travel alongside passenger trains.

The money wasted on military logistics could be used to make the trains we take every day to work and study more comfortable and safe.

World War III is now underway. Military bases on Italian soil are key hubs for logistics and intelligence in the wars that, from Ukraine to Palestine, from Iran to Lebanon, are setting ever-larger areas of our immediate world ablaze.

The war industry is rapidly expanding, thanks to rearmament programs that span vast swathes of the planet.

Each speech emphasized the importance and urgency of information and direct action against war and those who arm it.

We cannot stand by and watch. We cannot accept that war becomes just another option.

The foundations of war are just a stone's throw from our homes.

It's up to us to throw sand, not oil, into the militarist machine.

If we allow a train loaded with weapons to pass through our homes, we are complicit in the murder of men, women, and children killed by those weapons.

One day, someone dear to us could die if that train were to crash.

The day ended with a commitment to continue monitoring military transport, war production, and the Aerospace City construction site.

War is already here.

Stopping it is possible.

Today they want us all to be conscripted.

We desert.

We want a world without borders, armies, oppression, exploitation, and war.

Antimilitarist Assembly Turin

antimilitarista.to@gmail.com

https://www.anarresinfo.org/antimilitaristi-a-porta-susa-contro-i-treni-di-guerra/
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Source: A-infos-en@ainfos.ca