Banners were displayed during the ceremony for the 100th anniversary of the Italian Air Force, and seven peace activists have been reported. PeaceLink expresses solidarity with the Italian pacifists facing accusations. Here is the video of the nonviolent action
30 May 2023 - Alessandro Marescotti
The bomb exploded in Piazza della Loggia on May 28, 1974.
Italian President Mattarella stated today: "It was right-wing subversion. Memory is the root of the future." However, Mattarella did not add that the new investigation into the massacre, to use the words of Repubblica, "leads to where no one could have imagined, the NATO command in Verona"
28 May 2023 - Alessandro Marescotti
The peace march will take place on May 21st starting from the Italian city of Perugia.
A great initiative by the Italian pacifist movement and schools for peace. Tens of thousands of students will be offered the opportunity to reflect on the future and begin to feel like authors of a new work: to change the looming future, make it more humane, peaceful, fair, and possible for everyone
12 May 2023 - PeaceLink staff
It calls for the ultimate sacrifice of thousands of reluctant Ukrainian youth
Instead of reducing the victims, it has increased them to such an extent that today it is officially forbidden by the authorities to provide data. The rhetoric of the aggressor and the aggressed is falling apart. We are facing the logic of feud, not defensive war.
11 May 2023 - Alessandro Marescotti
The participation of Monsignor Bettazzi moved Michele Santoro, Italian television host
In his speech, Monsignor Luigi Bettazzi took a stance in favor of nonviolence. "I have always been in favor of nonviolence", he said to the crowd who applauded him. Monsignor Luigi Bettazzi, former Bishop of Ivrea, participated in the "Relay for Humanity" peace march on May 7th, 2023
Media organisations across the globe are marking World Press Freedom Day with a re-energised push for the release of award-winning Australian publisher Julian Assange.
3 May 2023 - Jodie Harrison
Out today in Italian: Nils Melzer's exposé of "The Trial of Julian Assange"
The Australian journalist/editor is missing from the official program but activists will be distributing a pamphlet showing why his case touches everyone working in the media. They will also be handing out a flyer on the new Melzer book.
19 April 2023 - Patrick Boylan
Launched by a U.S. Congresswoman of Palestinian origin
Action4Assange activists supporting Rep. Tlaib's petition initiative will storm Capitol Hill in Washington DC this Tuesday -- not in the manner of Trump supporters two years ago, but peacefully and diplomatically. Sit-ins of support April 11th in Rome and in Genoa as well.
9 April 2023 - Patrick Boylan
The self-determination of peoples must be a peaceful and civil choice
We translate from the mailing list pace@peacelink.it three brief pieces of information about Ukraine. There, a senseless and cruel war is being fought that could be avoided by resorting to diplomacy and tools for expressing popular will.
The ones dying are young and inexperienced soldiers, sent to their deaths (with our weapons) in the prime of their lives, employed in suicidal operations to demonstrate that Ukraine does not give up. The valid core of the Ukrainian army has already withdrawn.
This is happening in Italy with the new right-wing-led government
The bomb exploded in Piazza della Loggia on May 28, 1974.
The peace march will take place on May 21st starting from the Italian city of Perugia.
It calls for the ultimate sacrifice of thousands of reluctant Ukrainian youth
The participation of Monsignor Bettazzi moved Michele Santoro, Italian television host
Out today in Italian: Nils Melzer's exposé of "The Trial of Julian Assange"
Launched by a U.S. Congresswoman of Palestinian origin
The self-determination of peoples must be a peaceful and civil choice
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