100,000 people have marched from Perugia to Assisi today against the
Afghanistan war. The Assisi Peace March has been done every year since 40
years, but today it assumes obviously a different meaning. The slogan is
"food, water and work for everyone", the shared idea that this war is illegal.
Different groups have participated at the march. Among others, there are
politicians from the institutional Left (the ones from the former left
government, who voted for the war in Afghanistan: they have been contested
by the protesters); boy scouts and also groups from the "anti
global" movement, the ones who were in Genova. Until now, there have been
no incidents: the police is operating only on helicopters and,
consequently, cannot provoke incidents!
Annamaria Vitale
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