whitebeard

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US' Army, go home, please

Dear peace activists,

As mentioned in the solidarity statement to Florence anti-war activists, four
members of the No Dal Molin movement against the new U.S. military base
in Vicenza were recently served "avvisi di garanzia" (legal notification that
they are under investigation in a criminal proceeding) for having occupied
the office of the Prefect in January.

This weekend, 200 volunteers in over 30 stands set up around the city and
province of Vicenza will collect signatures in support of these activists and
the movement, with the slogan, "We are all guilty of loving Vicenza."

You can sign the petition via email by sending your first and last name,
street address, city/country and postal code along with the statement
"sottoscrivo la petizione in sostegno delle donne e degli uomini raggiunti da
avvisi di garanzia" to 23febbraio@nodalmolin.it

The text of the petition is as follows
(Italian version at: http://www.nodalmolin.it/notizie/notizie_78.html):

"On December 2, 2006, February 17, 2007 and December 15, 2007, tens
of thousands from Vicenza marched against the new U.S. base at Dal
Molin; three mass demonstrations to say NO to the new base and to assert
our right to decide our own future. Our opposition, however, is not merely
symbolic in nature: we intend to stop the militarization of Vicenza. And to
reach this goal, in recent months, we have occupied the Basilica
Palladiana, cut cables leading to the new base, planted 150 trees inside
Dal Molin and blocked the entrance during the initial phase of construction.
As further demonstration of our determination, on January 16, 2008, we
occupied the Prefect´s office in Vicenza.

If it is a crime to dream of a better world and to defend Vicenza, then I, too,
am guilty; although I may not have been present at all the initiatives, I
support goals and the methods used: defending our land, our cities and the
future for our children is a right."


See also final version of the Florence solidarity statement on our web site:
http://www.peaceandjustice.it/letter-authorities.php#florence
(in Italian, if you would like to volunteer to translate this to English, it would
be a welcome contribution)

Anna, Gene, Maria, Maria Chiara and Stephanie
U.S. Citizens for Peace & Justice - Rome
info@peaceandjustice.it
http://www.peaceandjustice.it

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