The decision for the extradition of Vincenzo Vecchi has been postponed to November 29th. This was decided today by the French constitutional council to which Vincenzo Vecchi, the comrade sentenced along with another 9 to over 100 years’ prison for the days of Genoa of 2001 and who for years had been living in France, had applied to suspend the extradition request.
Category Archives: Italy – General news ,sabotage, actions and Solidarity with anarchists arrested and all those under investigation
Rome,Italy: Demonstration through the streets of Trastevere and roads blocked against 41 bis,in solidarity with anarchists Alfredo Cospito, Juan Sorroche, Ivan Alocco and Anna Beniamino on hunger strike
At the demonstration called for Saturday, November 12, various streets in the Trastevere district, in the centre of Rome, were blocked for more than four hours.
Approximately four hundred comrades marched in solidarity with Alfredo Cospito, Juan Sorroche, Ivan Alocco and Anna Beniamino on hunger strike against the 41 bis prison regime (to which Alfredo was transferred on May 5) and life imprisonament without a possibility of parole. There were moments of tension and clashes with the cops when the demonstration tried to move in the direction of the Regina Coeli prison.
Revolutionary solidarity with the imprisoned anarchists on hunger strike! Alfredo Cospito out from 41 bis! Close 41 bis! Freedom for everyone!
(Athens-Greece) Solidarity Slogans at the Italian embassy for the hunger strike of anarchist Alfredo Cospito,and Solidarity call for a gathering on 30 November, 18:30, at the Italian Embassy in Athens.
Athens, Slogans at the Italian embassy for the hunger strike of anarchist Alfredo Cospito
During the march for the anniversary of 17 November in the centre of Athens a slogans were written against the 41bis regime and in solidarity with Alfredo Cospito. One slogan was written on the historic building of the National Bank of Greece
and the other one at the Italian embassy, despite the suffocating presence of the riot police that followed the anti-authoritarian and anarchist blocks.
Gathering call at the Italian embassy on Wednesday 30/11 at 18.30 in Athens
Anarchists
https://athens.indymedia.org/post/1621879/
A.F.F.N.
Athens: On December 1, the court will decide whether the hunger striker comrade will be released from his 41 bis status, and on December 5, the court will decide whether to continue the charges against him under Article 285.
As the “Assembly of Solidarity with the imprisoned, fugitives and persecuted militants”, we stand in solidarity with his struggle and call for a gathering in solidarity with Alfredo Cospito on 30 November, 18:30, at the Italian Embassy in Athens.
THE 41 BIS REGIME IS TORTURE
SOLIDARITY WITH ALFREDO COSPITO AND TO THE COMRADES ARE ON HUNGER STRIKE IN SOLIDARITY WITH ALFREDO C.
UNTIL THE DEMOLITION OF THE LAST PRISON
Assembly of Solidarity with the prisoners, fugitives and persecuted militants
Solidarity with the 11 political prisoners and hunger strikers from Turkey | Symbolic hunger strike inside the prison, and in solidarity with Anarchist A. Cospito (Greece)
Solidarity with the 11 political prisoners and hunger strikers from Turkey | Symbolic hunger strike inside the prison
On 16 November, the appeal trial of 11 political prisoners from Turkey Ali Ercan Gökoğlu, Burak Agarmış, Hasan Kaya, Sinan Çam, Şadi Naci Özpolat, Halil Demir, Anıl Sayar, Harika Kızılkaya, Hazal Seçer, Sinan Oktay Özen and İsmail Zat, who have been imprisonment in Greek prisons since 19 March 2020, will begin.
During their trial in a special court, they were not allowed proper interpretation, the testimony of defence witnesses was interrupted several times by the court, they were attacked by the cops inside the courtroom and on 17 July 2021, they were sentenced to 33 years in prison each one, the main charge of participating in a “terrorist organisation”.
Continue reading Solidarity with the 11 political prisoners and hunger strikers from Turkey | Symbolic hunger strike inside the prison, and in solidarity with Anarchist A. Cospito (Greece)
Solidarity with Alfredo C.! (Berlin,Germany)
November 13th, we spontaneously demonstrated in solidarity with Alfredo by slowing down and blocking traffic in Eberswalderstrasse and Rosethaler Platz (Berlin).
Solidarity with comrades on hunger strike with Alfredo!
NO 41bis!!
Break the isolation, destroy the prisons!
Claim of sabotage act against rail lines in solidarity with Alfredo Cospito on hunger strike (Rome, Italy, November 6, 2022)
NOVEMBER 6, ROME – SABOTAGE OF TRAIN LINES IN SOLIDARITY WITH ANARCHIST ALFREDO COSPITO
On the night of November 6, we sabotaged high-speed rail and other train lines in several places in the city. Writings against 41 bis were left at the site. The goal of this action was to give visibility to the struggle of Alfredo and the other prisoners on hunger strike. The action, despite being successful (we verified that there were heavy delays to circulation the following day) was silenced by the media.
We recognize the state and its institutions responsible for Alfredo’s condition and health, and these attempts to invisibilize his struggle will not stop us: we will continue to stand by Alfredo because his struggle is our struggle.
NOT A STEP BACKWARD!
GET ALFREDO OUT OF 41 BIS!
CLOSE THE 41 BIS!
WITH JUAN, IVAN, ANNA AND ALL ANARCHIST PRISONERS!
LONG LIVE DIRECT ACTION!
LONG LIVE ANARCHY!
Shattered windows and smashed ATMs for Unicredit, Benetton, Banca Popolare di Milano and firecrackers for RAI in solidarity with Alfredo Cospito, Anna Beniamino, Juan Sorroche and Ivan Alocco on hunger strike (Rome, Italy, November 12, 2022)
Rome, Shattered windows and smashed ATMs for Unicredit, Benetton, Banca Popolare di Milano and firecrackers for RAI in solidarity with Alfredo Cospito, Anna Beniamino, Juan Sorroche and Ivan Alocco on hunger strike
November 12, 2022)
On the night of November 12, on a street in Rome, we smashed the windows and ATMs of Unicredit, Benetton and Banca Popolare di Milano and threw firecrackers at RAI in solidarity with anarchist comrades on hunger strike. To Alfredo, Anna, Juan and Ivan goes our boundless solidarity.
A conspiratorial salutation to the Mapuche people in struggle.
Against 41 bis, against life imprisonment without parole and against any jail.
For anarchy.
Anzola dell’Emilia, Bologna, Italy: MARR truck burnt
We received by anoymous mail and spread:
Anzola dell’Emilia (Bologna)
In the night of 5th November 2022 we set fire to a number of trucks belonging to the MARR. MARR is a company that has been involved in the supply of meals to prisons and expulsion centres for migrants for years. Its profits come from the reclusion of thousands of people.
We did this for all the meals of shit they have delivered.
It is for all the people who fall ill due to unhealthy alimentation in the structures supplied by this company.
And it is above all for those who have chosen to struggle in prison, precisely by renouncing food.
WE ARE WITH ALFREDO COSPITO, ANARCHIST PRISONER IN THE 41 BIS SECTION OF THE PRISON OF BANCALI IN SARDINIA, ON HUNGER STRIKE SINCE 20TH OCTOBER AGAINST 41 BIS AND LIFE SENTENCE WITHOUT PAROLE.
WE ARE WITH IVAN ALOCCO, JUAN SORROCHE AND ANNA BENIAMINO, ANARCHIST PRISONERS WHO HAVE JOINED THE HUNGER STRIKE, UNITING THEMSELVES WITH ALFREDO’S STRUGGLE (we learned of Anna’s decision after our action).
Their struggle is also ours. Ours is theirs.
For the freedom of all, against prisons and those who profit from their existence! Against 41bis and life imprisonment without parole!
A FIGHTING EMBRACE TO THE COMRADES ON HUNGER STRIKE AND TO THOSE STRUGGLING EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
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via: infernourbanoTranslated by Act for freedom now!
Greece: EN/IT/EL,Text of Solidarity for the comrade Alfredo Cospito by prisoners members of Revolutionary Struggle Pola Roupa and Nikos Maziotis
Text of Solidarity for the comrade Alfredo Cospito by the members of Revolutionary Struggle Pola Roupa and Nikos Maziotis
15/11/2022
The physical and moral extermination of revolutionary fighters and political prisoners, or the coercion of them into political renunciation and repentance, has been the goal of the State and capital throughout time. In order to achieve this aim, States have created special conditions of detention and isolation for those who took up arms against the regime, for those they call “terrorists”.
One example of special detention today is the Italian model under Article 41 bis. Under Italian law, the Minister of “Justice” is given the right to lift the rules of treatment of some prisoners and order their transfer to special conditions of detention. The special conditions based on Article 41 bis impose complete social and sensory isolation, limiting contacts with other prisoners, limiting visits to one (1) per month with relatives, not by physical contact but through a glass partition, limiting, prohibiting, correspondence and the possession of books, shrinking prisoners’ exercise period to one (1) hour per day and increasing the time of confinement inside the cell.
These conditions are a form of torture aimed at crushing militant prisoners and in general those under this regime.
Anarchist comrade Alfredo Cospito, who is convicted for actions of the Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI-Informale), has been under this regime since May 5, 2022 in Bancali prison (in Sassari) in Sardinia on orders of the former Minister of “Justice” Marta Cartabia. The comrade has been on hunger strike against the solitary confinement regime since 20th October.Three comrades have also been on hunger strike in solidarity with comrade Alfredo, Juan Sorroche since October 25th, Ivan Alocco imprisoned in France since October 27th and Anna Beniamino since November 7th.
This repressive policy of States using special conditions of detention is something that has been going on for decades and has developed and grown.
Continue reading Greece: EN/IT/EL,Text of Solidarity for the comrade Alfredo Cospito by prisoners members of Revolutionary Struggle Pola Roupa and Nikos Maziotis
Responsibility claim for the arson attack on a mobile phone mast in solidarity with Alfredo Cospito on hunger strike against 41 bis (Grugliasco, Italy, November 3, 2022)
Responsibility claim for the arson attack on a mobile phone mast in solidarity with Alfredo Cospito on hunger strike against 41 bis (Grugliasco, Italy, November 3, 2022)
TO BE DIFFUSED:
NOVEMBER 3, IN GRUGLIASCO (TURIN)
5G ANTENNA SABOTAGED WITH FIRE
ALFREDO COSPITO OUT FROM 41 BIS
41 BIS = TORTURE!
FOR ANARCHY
2022/11/10
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Graffiti in Solidarity with Anarchist prisoner Alfredo Cospito (Hamburg,Germany)
Graffiti in Solidarity with Alfredo Cospito in the harbour of Hamburg. 41bis = Torture – Solidarity with Alfredo Cospito! Freedom for all! (A)
Genoa, Italy: ”Operation Prometeo”: Monday 14th November presence at the court of Genoa in solidarity
Genoa, Operation Prometeo: Monday 14th November at 10am, solidarity presence at the court of Genoa
Presence in solidarity with Beppe, Natascia and Robert, still accused after the acquittal in first instance of having sent an explosive package to the ex-director of the DAP, Santi Consolo, and to two public prosecutors in Turin, Roberto Sparagna and Antonio Rinaudo, responsible for the conditions inside the prisons and the repression of many struggles.
In an increasingly hard moment for all prisoners; faced with the fact that prison sentences for revolutionaries are now around 30 years for actions that, incidentally, only resulted in damage to structures; that an anarchist comrade has been transferred to regime 41 bis (total isolation, the same as that previously imposed on communist revolutionaries) and that the only option for them is hunger strike, we express our closeness to the accused in this umpteenth trial.
Anarchist prisoner comrade Giannis Michailidis starting a hunger strike as a sign of solidarity with the 11 fighters and hunger strikers from Turkey (Greece)
Hunger strike of anarchist GIannis MichaIlidIs as a sign of solidarity with the 11 fighters and hunger strikers from Turkey
On 7th of October, the 11 fighters from Turkey Ali Ercan Gökoğlu, Burak Agarmış, Hasan Kaya, Sinan Çam, Şadi Naci Özpolat, Halil Demir, Anıl Sayar, Harika Kızılkaya, Hazal Seçer, Sinan Oktay Özen and İsmail Zat started an indefinite hunger strike with the main demand of a fair trial.
From today, Saturday 12 November and for one week I am starting a hunger strike in support of their difficult struggle. Their trial starts this Wednesday 16 November in the courtroom of Korydallos prison.
I also want to send a signal of solidarity to the anarchist comrade Alfredo Cospito who has been on hunger strike since 20 October against the torture regime of article 41-bis, but also to the anarchist Anna Beniamino and the anarchists Juan Sorroche Fernandez and Ivan Alocco who are on hunger strike alongside him.
Giannis Michailidis
Declaration of start of hunger strike by anarchist Anna Beniamino in solidarity with Alfredo Cospito, alongside Juan Sorroche and Ivan Alocco, against 41 bis
Declaration of start of hunger strike by anarchist Anna Beniamino.
7 November 2022
On October 20th, in the prison of Bancali (Sardinia), Alfredo Cospito began an all-out hunger strike against the 41 bis regime and life sentence without parole. The regime 41 bis was assigned to him from May this year, being accused of maintaining relations through correspondence and editorial activity with the anarchist movement through public writings and interventions from the Maximum Security section where he had been locked up for years.
Life imprisonment without parole is likely to be the outcome of the appeal – made by the cassation ruling of July 2022 of the Scripta Manent trial – for the recalculation of the sentence passed as 285 c. p., “political massacre”, for a double attack on the carabinieri school of Fossano, signed by FAI-RAT [Informal Anarchist Federation – Anonymous and Tremendous Revolt]. The sentence for 285 of the penal code constitutes the keystone of an accusatory architecture which established the existence of a “subversive association with terrorist aims” (made up of only three promoters and with a sporadic existence, to overcome contradictions due to the outcomes of previous trials) and the activity of ‘instigating’ through anarchist blogs and newspapers published over the past 20 years by those convicted.
In short, a monstrous sentence where one is head/factotum of an ‘association’ with uncertain contours, as well as instigators and perpetrators of a “massacre” that never happened and above all never defended as such. That is, as has been repeatedly stated in times past, revolutionary violence is defended by anarchists, and by me among them; massacre is not.
Italy: “Steadfastness in revolutionary practice” – Discourse at gatherings outside the prisons of Terni and Spoleto
“Steadfastness in revolutionary practice” – Discourse at gatherings outside the prisons of Terni and Spoleto
(1/11/2022)
We are writing these lines on the occasion of the gatherings planned for 1st November 2022 outside the prisons of Terni and Spoleto in conjunction with the call for struggle launched through the hunger strike by anarchist comrade Alfredo Cospito, locked up in the prison of Bancali; a hunger strike which has also been joined by anarchists Juan Sorroche, locked up in the prison of Terni and Ivan Alocco, locked up in the French prison of Villepinte.
The contribution, both theorical and pratical, that some of the imprisoned comrades have given to the anarchist movement throughout the years, and which they continue to give from inside the infamous cages built by the democratic regimes, still finds a way to escape and become uninterrupted, unmediated borderless agitation between the proletariat and the exploited all over the world: from Chile to France, from Spain to Italy.
On the 5th of May 2022, imprisoned anarchist Alfredo Cospito received notification of his transfer from “Maximum Security 2” to “41 bis”. The decree was ordered by former minister of justice Marta Cartabia.
On July 6th 2022, the Court of Cassation requalified the explosive attack against the school of carabinieri of Fossano of June 2006, claimed by Rivolta Anonima e Tremenda / Federazione Anarchica Informale, which the comrades Anna Beniamino and Alfredo Cospito were accused of, as “Political Massacre”, deferring to a worsening calculation of the sentence that could even become mandatory life imprisonment.