It does not interest us to know who , that night in May , has actually ventured into the forest in the Clarea valley to sabotage the site - and it is probably of no interest to the investigators themselves . What they want is to have today someone in their hands to hold the threat of years in prison over the movement and over the active resistance , to arrive quietly and undisturbed at the opening of site of Susa [ a construction site other than the one already existing , NdT ].
They want people to stay at home to watch from their balcony how the project advances . However , these people already have the instruments to oppose : we have learned to obstruct when all together we shouted “ No pasaran ”, to take a sledgehammer when the concrete of the jersey [ concrete fences , NdT ] blocked the road ; and we have learned to look further when the horizon was filled with gas and to raise our heads when all seemed lost .
It is not the terror they sow with both hands that will ruin future harvests of this long struggle . It will have to continue to build places and moments of confrontation to exchange ideas and information , to initiate proposals and be prepared to return to the streets or the woods . It is evening in Valletta [ prison in which the companions are incarcerated , NdT ], but apart from the darkness there is not much difference with the morning , since the blinds of the cell remain closed twenty-four on twentyfour hours : high security ! Compared to the wing for arrivals , it is much more quiet and clean , but the lack of human contact weakens us .
The mess of the blocks B , C or F ( apart from the isolation which Chiara is constrained to ) is a swarm of stories and life experiences with which to mix , in which finding of complicity and solidarity . Already last month , Niccolò , already arrested in late October for another case , has found that the impact of the struggle against the TAV reaches inside prisons , and that for many it represents the courage of those who have stopped to undergo the decisions of an oppressive state .
For us , forced into isolation in a sterile section , it is of vital importance to refuse segregation and separation of prisoners : we are all “ common ”. It is also for these reasons that it would be good that a discourse and a path about and against the prison is developed within the movement .
The majority of the guardians of Valletta lives there , in large buildings inside the walls , they will never be free from prison . Although in this section they treat us politely , they will not hesitate to make reports on the orders of superiors when we decide to fight for one reason or another .
Then , with the memories that we hold tight against us , we will torment these “ keyholders ” for the pettiness of their horizons .
“ Have you ever seen the sea clear a path in the woods on a beautiful afternoon in July , soar and rush against the fences of a construction site ?” “ Have you ever felt the warmth of all ages welded side by side while the shields advance , the asphalt of the highway becoming liquid and the back filling with smoke ?” “ Have you ever seen a snake without head or tail or a rain of stars in the heart of a night in the middle of summer ?” We have , and it still does not satiate us .
The road is long , there will be exciting times and serious beatings , there will be steps forward and others back , we will learn from our mistakes . At the moment , we are confronted with prison and it is not easy , but if “ Val Susa is not afraid “ [“ La Valsusa paura non ne ha ”, slogan of the struggle against the TAV , NdT ], we certainly will not do less .
/ Niccolò Claudio Mattia /
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