In the night of 3-4 October 2024, we sabotaged the tracks of the railway from Toulouse in a south-south-west direction. Nearby was left written: «Sabotons leurs chemins de guerre» [Let’s sabotage their war paths].
The neo-liberal war trails cross all countries thanks to the railways.
The imperial war is being built here in Europe. Transport infrastructure is an essential base for its development.
As part of its European military mobility programme, the Transatlantic Security Initiative (TSI) produced a report in April 2020. The aim is to increase freight capacity and digital connections within and outside Europe. This relationship results in new agreements between railway companies and military companies.
This is what is currently happening in Italy between Leonardo (an arms company) and RFI (the Italian Railway Network).L
In France, the SNCF [Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français – French national railway company] boasted that it was the first industry invited to the parade on 14th July, in honour of its participation in the nation’s rearmament effort and logistical support. But it is not the only one: many others are taking advantage of the devastation in act, from the arms market to that of reconstruction. The area southwest of Toulouse is home to SNCF, Thalès, Airbus, Safran and other war beneficiaries. Symbolically, at least for a day, their workers had difficulty getting to work this morning – we are sorry for those who just wanted to take a walk.
We are responding to the call of the Anarchist Balkan Book Fair 2024:
«Call to action against militarism and nationalism (1-10 October 2024).
During this period, we invite everyone, in their own locality and in their own way, to organize actions against the conditions of war: nationalism, militarism, patriarchy, exclusion policies, etc. We call for action against the arms industry and the transport of weapons, against all national military apparatuses, multinational military coalitions and the increasing militarization of our societies.»
Solidarity with all deserters, war resisters and conscientious objectors.
Solidarity with the Palestinian people.
[Published in French in https://lille.indymedia.org/spip.php?article36718&lang=fr |
Translated and published in Italian in https://lanemesi.noblogs.org/post/2024/10/18/sabotaggio-della-linea-ferroviaria-in-occasione-delle-giornate-dazione-transnazionali-contro-il-militarismo-e-il-nazionalismo-tolosa-francia-4-ottobre-2024/]
Translated to English by Act for freedom now!