Preparing for the worst: possible extradition to Italy of comrade Gabriel Pombo Da Silva

9.5.26

We recall that in December 2025, our comrade was arrested under an international arrest warrant (EAW issued from Italy). His detention lasted five hours until Judge Pedraz granted him provisional release with the conditions of signing in and a travel ban. This EAW stems from one of Italy’s many repressive operations: “Operation Scripta Manent” in 2016, which resulted in Gabriel being sentenced to two years’ prison in 2022 for incitement to commit crime. At the end of November last year, the Turin court announced that it would not accept the alternative measures to imprisonment requested by the lawyer due to a “lack of self-criticism of his own values” (a rather apt metaphor to emphasize his lack of remorse), thus paving the way for the execution of the sentence. This is why the EAW was issued: Judge Pedraz considered this offence a crime of opinion and therefore did not order imprisonment, requesting certain documentation from both parties.

A few days ago, a court order arrived, signed by the same judge, who, while partly agreeing with one side and partly with the other, facilitates the possible extradition of Gabriel to Italy if certain requirements are met. Continue reading [Spanish/Italian State] Text: Preparing for the worst: possible extradition to Italy of comrade Gabriel Pombo Da Silva →

Let’s continue talking about Sara and Sandro

The deaths of Sara Ardizzone and Alessandro Mercogliano on the night of 19–20 March in Rome, following the explosion and collapse of an abandoned cottage in the Parco degli Acquedotti area, have created an open wound that is not intended to heal. For the most part, the spontaneous reaction of the anarchist movement in Italy and around the world has been dignified and coherent with the life paths of two revolutionaries who died fighting. However, a genuine moment of reflection has been lacking so far. We do not regret this, but rather believe that the extended timeframe is necessary given the nature of this event. These are inevitably long, grief-filled days, but they are also days spent coming to a concrete understanding of the facts.

We do not believe that we should take a stance of specific struggle towards this tragedy, with all the urgency, contingencies and anxiety that such a struggle imposes, in order to do something “practical”. Of course, this kind of event has also been accompanied by moments of struggle: attempts to sabotage participation in funerals using every petty stratagem; the preventive custody of 91 anarchists who were trying to lay flowers near the accident site on the morning of 29 March, the media smear campaign against the Easter Monday gathering in Valnerina to commemorate Sara. Continue reading en/it – Foligno, Italy: July 5, 2026, Let’s continue talking about Sara and Sandro. →