Stop Political Persecution Of The CARC! Fight The Rise Of Fascism In Italy!

ILPS | 27 – 07 – 2010 | We, the International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS), express our great concern over the policy of the Italian government to persecute members of the Party of the Committees to Support Resistance – for Communism (CARC) – Italy.  In particular, we denounce the arrest, detention and imposition of restrictive measures against members of the CARC in Tuscany among them CARC Secretary of Tuscany Alessandro della Malva.

The above-mentioned CARC members have been subjected to political persecution for opposing the actions of fascist gangs that have sprung up in various parts of Italy encouraged by the right-wing government of Silvio Berlusconi.  The restrictive measures are illegal, undemocratic and violate the spirit and principles of the Italian constitution, the fruit of the Anti-fascist Resistance.

To continue imposing the restrictive measures will perpetuate an injustice that has already gone on for almost a year now.  The Court of Review of Florence that will review the case of the CARC members on July 21 has the opportunity to rectify this grave injustice.  On April 1, the Court of Cassation has already declared as baseless the charge of “devastation and plunder” that has been the basis used by the authorities to arrest, jail and impose other restrictive measures.

We call on the Italian government to stop its policy of political persecution against the CARC.  We call on the progressive organizations and parties in Italy to form a broad united front together with the CARC in resisting the growing danger of fascist resurgence in Italy.

Issued by the International Coordinating Group
International League of Peoples’ Struggle
15 July 2010