In recent weeks, numerous cases have emerged of police officers infiltrating the structures of Potere al Popolo, an Italian genuine left political party (https://www.fanpage.it/politica/abbiamo-scoperto-almeno-cinque-poliziotti-infiltrati-in-potere-al-popolo-i-documenti-che-lo-provano/). It has now been revealed that the police have also infiltrated student organizations, in particular Cambiare Rotta – an organization of young communists (CR) and the Collettivo Autorganizzato Universitario (CAU) in several Italian cities (https://www.infoaut.org/divise-e-potere/potere-al-popolo-scoperti-altri-3-poliziotti-infiltrati-nelle-nostre-organizzazioni-giovanili).
These are acts of intimidation. They must be denounced and opposed. CR and CAU have launched a petition to demand light be shed on these serious events (Piantedosi, the interior minister, promised to report to Parliament, but never did).
I invite you to read, circulate, and sign their appeal, which we must make our own: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfsa89UQhiSLc0DJAMnl3oi2hGV2bTqBf2EfTTdyDGmnS9itQ/viewform
Here is the list of the first signatories: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Qa35xB-uHA7NufbnZGR7YFWlrm6qj5QasvAcIxr0KLk/edit?tab=t.0
A side note. I participated in a CAU event in Naples in May. I was approached by a guy from the collective who, like others, asked me a lot of questions. A few weeks later, it was revealed that this individual was an undercover anti-terrorism cop. This bothered me. But what disturbs me more is something else. Now that I am back in Naples, I have been talking to some CAU comrades about how the youngest among them might be feeling. They are often first-year university students who have never participated in a street protest before. What the State Police have deployed against them is a textbook strategy of terror. Intimidate them before any action becomes not only possible, but even thinkable. What all these kids have done is denounce the genocide of the Palestinian people when no one else did, fight to defend university spaces from the military, and continue to ask uncomfortable questions.
Now we must show them real, direct solidarity. Because the space they are fighting for is also ours. Please sign and support this petition.