On Saturday, April 22, we took to the streets of Bologna in great numbers, as in other cities, all united with the same goal: to say NO to the repression that these years hits harder and harder anyone who opposes this insane model of development, starting with the anti-rave decree that has placed us ourselvesx more under attack than ever before, with absurd punishments and a criminalization aimed at making us pass as the worst evil in society, along with migrants and political activists.
We chose to do that on the days when the liberation from Nazi-fascism was remembered, to reiterate that resisting and fighting is, today as yesterday, important and necessary.
Twenty thousand people – and who knows, many more? – took back the streets against the rhetoric of decorum, decay and security brought forth by the various parties of the right, as well as the “progressive” left that governs the city and the region, rejecting consumerist entertainment and social desertification imposed from above, and claiming another way of being together.
We dance and will continue to do so, to remember that there are those who do not surrend in prisons, on the streets, at the borders, against the racism and sexism that increasingly permeates this society, in public space as well as in private, and against all forms of discrimination.
The days following the street we witnessed, in the press and media, the usual political theater of the various parties, who, as per script, have nothing to say but complain about writing on walls and traffic disruptions. We do not care at all about the plays of these politicians, we fight for the reappropriation of our lives and spaces, to give them another meaning, free from capitalism.
We know that our path, made up of networking experiences and new connections, mutual comprehension and sharing, does not pass by an event alone; it is with this spirit that we will continue to produce initiatives and confrontation, between realities in the region and beyond, with self-managed organizations, crews and solidarity experiences from below.
We will continue to reaffirm our reasons as ravers and dreamers, for the No to a world of prisons and borders, the No to 41 bis, to gender abuse and violence!
The Harm Reduction Network was present during the parade, with the chill out zone, thus creating a moment free of judgment towards substance use that stimulates subjectivities to have a conscious approach.
We created a unique moment, which saw us overflowing into the streets of Bologna and expressing our desire for freedom with no borders: in diversity, a single endless collective body: on the 22nd we saw how the desire to participate and to huddle around our struggle is so great, let us not disperse this extraordinary energy!
We express solidarity with the burned wagon, it could have been any of us, by their side we will dance to make our revolution!
See you soon for more initiatives and moments of confrontation.
