[27/05] Benefit concert against repression!

BENEFIT CONCERT AGAINST REPRESSION
[Ausonia Parking Lot, Riva Traiana]

It is now blatant that these last years the Italian state has been on a stark repressive crusade against comrades, in Trieste as elsewhere. Using every means at its disposal, it seems that the only intent is to strike the most exposed subjects, with the hope of frightening and of dividing more and more the entities that bring life to the squares and streets of Trieste.

The recent cases are the most diverse and imaginative. We can cite the complete ban on the march of last April 25th, along with the shameful security management by the law enforcement officers on that day, or the paternalistic attitude of the police commissioner himself who, during the communication regarding last year’s Smarza Pride at the police headquarters, on the one hand reassured our comrades of the importance of the event and on the other signed the prescriptions prohibiting demonstrations along the shores of Trieste, to ensure “the proper course of economic initiatives.”

We have collected an infinity of more or less clamorous examples of the sort in recent years. More recently, it is worth remembering how the digos went to great lengths to ensure that a hardcore concert would not take place, going as far as putting pressure on the managers of the booked venue. For what reason? The organizers being in cahoots with groups who, according to them, are part of the anarchist area.

The Digos, anti-crime and prosecutors’ offices fill the courts with files worthy of a fantasy saga, piling complaints and lawsuits on our backs.

The specific motivation for this benefit concert is a sentence for contempt of a public official, against two comrades who were convicted on the basis of fanciful testimonies and virtually non-existent evidence. The testimonies given by comrades at the trial, that exposed completely different dynamics from those recounted in the minutes, were obviously disbelieved.

At this point, with the first sentences already weighing on our comrades, lawyers’ fees have to be paid… but we decided not to leave anyone on their own!

We strongly believe that the only possible response to this repressive climate is the desire to create networks and, each according to their sensibility, to expose themselves in solidarity, in order not to leave any group or individual be the only target!

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