Anpi and Casapound, in Rome on Saturday of opposing squares

Saturday of opposing squares in Rome, with the partisans and the left demonstrating in the Campidoglio to protest against “the fascists in the square” complete with a ‘surprise visit’ by the mayor Virginia Raggi and Casapound demonstrating against the government in Santi Apostoli al cry of “it is not Anpi and Raggi who decide who can demonstrate” and improvises a spontaneous procession after the sit-in. The long day of the capital began at 12 under Palazzo Senatorio, where, among partisan tricolors and flags of Palestine and trade unions, about 200 members of the Anpi and other acronyms – from the CGIL to Rifondazione, from the CISL to the Italian Left – yes they are united under the slogan “long live anti-fascist Rome”. The Rays, which had already expressed itself with determination against the Casapound demonstration, wanted to bring its support to the Anpi and went down to greet the provincial president Fabrizio De Sanctis. “We consider it gravely wrong to have granted the authorization to demonstrate to a declared fascist organization – said De Santis to the Adnkronos – It was good to ban the demonstrations in the name of fascism in recent weeks but this too was banned which, although disguised, has clearly subversive and unconstitutional contents “. The partisan Mario Di Maio also spoke, who told how “the fascists never went to San Lorenzo and if they did we would beat them”. On the other side, in an almost full piazza Santi Apostoli (3 thousand people present, according to the organizers), where a giant banner “Come back to power” stood out, the militants of the radical right movement from all over Italy took turns on the stage, shouting slogans against “the government of banks and multinationals” which “brought the country to its knees” and “which failed to manage this health emergency”. “Casapound is in the streets to affirm that Italy must return to a power, in Europe and in the world”, Luca Marsella, municipal councilor of the turtles shot in Ostia, told Adnkronos : “Continue to throw mud on us just to continue to receive substantial public funds”. “Neither the Anpi nor the Rays decide who can demonstrate – Marsella said after speaking from the stage – They created a climate of terror on this event, instead of dealing with the problems of Rome, which is a city in disarray”. Once the sit-in closed, the demonstration continued with a spontaneous procession to the Casapound headquarters: about 500 people, starting from Piazza Santi Apostoli, moved towards the Colosseum and then along Via Cavour, until they reached the occupied building in Via Napoleone III, singing the hymn of Mameli and launching the challenge to the opposite square: “Where are the anti-fascists?”.