Repression is a constant in government action against those who engage in social opposition. In a situation of repression that we can define as systemic, the actions of the Meloni government, due to its unmistakably fascist roots, demonstrate a clear intensification of the continuous repressive decrees we have witnessed in recent times. Generalized impoverishment, the growth of precarious employment, the spread of the war economy, and the exhaustion of all margins of social mediation are leading to a loss of consensus, to which the government responds with precise repressive measures necessary to quell social discontent.
In light of all this, the narrative of repression as a response to a security emergency must be completely rejected.
The government's authoritarian grip attacks us at every level: the criminalization of young people; the increasingly severe restrictions on the freedom to demonstrate; preventive detention; The denial of legal aid for appeals against the expulsion of migrants, while "law enforcement" is guaranteed legal fees of up to EUR10,000 for each level of proceedings; the increase in administrative repression, which provides fewer guarantees and opportunities for defense; measures aimed at breaking solidarity among prisoners, making them passive, and encouraging denunciation with the specific crime of rioting in prisons and detention centers (CPR); the criminalization of conflictual union activity; and regulations that further target those who oppose major construction projects and environmental devastation through direct action.
These measures, which target dissent, are increasingly implemented through economic pressure on movements and activists.
The attacks on self-managed social spaces, which were actually carried out by previous governments, for this government represent an offensive with primarily propaganda value, which, however, in practice eliminates spaces for social interaction and alternative collective organization.
These targeted actions and the tightening of security measures are accompanied by a general disciplining that spills over into workplaces and schools. One example is the militarization of schools, which will intensify in anticipation of the recruitment drive linked to the proposed reintroduction of compulsory military service.
The true beneficiaries of this situation are the employers, the real instigators of these policies. The blackmail of employment, the high cost of living, the cuts to services, and starvation wages, in the will of the ruling classes, should make the workplace increasingly places of discipline and social reproduction.
Within the general repressive framework, the desire to specifically target the anarchist movement emerges.
We call for solidarity with those affected by repression and support those fighting for a world of free and equal people.
Italian Anarchist Federation
Massenzatico Conference, February 8, 2026
https://umanitanova.org/la-vera-sicurezza-e-un-mondo-senza-stato-e-senza-polizia/
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Link: (en) Italy, FAI, Umanita Nova: True security is a world without a state and without police. (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]
Source: A-infos-en@ainfos.ca
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