GENOA – From April 25, moving on to conflicts on the borders of Europe, up to the deaths of students during school-work alternation. These are some of the main themes of the procession organized by Genova Antifascista and which wound through the streets of the city on the eve of the anniversary of Liberation Day. Traffic disruptions were inevitable during the passage of the procession, especially in the city center area which was completely paralyzed with cars and motorbikes blocked.
The meeting in Corso Gastaldi, in front of the student house, subsequently they traveled along via Montevideo, via Crimea, via Odessa, piazza Alimonda, via Invrea, passing through piazza delle Americas and G. Verdi, via Fiume and via XX Settembre until arriving at piazza De Ferrari.
Numerous police officers were deployed, especially in the area surrounding the Casa Pound headquarters. Already in 2019 Genova Antifascista and the Antagonists had clashed in Piazza Corvetto, where in addition to the location of the protest there was a demonstration by the far-right party. Traffic was at a standstill, especially in Corso Gastaldi and Corso Buenos Aires (where an accident also occurred ed) and viale Brigate Partigiane, in front of the Brignole train station.
On the premises of the Student House the demonstrators hung other writings, occupying the roadway of Corso Gastaldi. In a few minutes the traffic went completely haywire. Around 7.10pm the procession arrived in front of the now closed Casa Pound headquarters, protected by policemen in riot gear, to avoid incidents that could fuel a possible clash. The only moment of tension was recorded in front of the headquarters, when smoke bombs were thrown and there were burned a couple of flags of Casa Pound and other far-right groups.
In the next passage, in Piazza Alimonda, the protesters chanted for Carlo Giuliani, the young protester who took part in the protests during the G8 in Genoa and who was killed on 20 July right there by a carabiniere who was inside the van. A bouquet of flowers was placed right next to the memorial stone that commemorates Giuliani. In the Square of the Americas, the United States flag was torn down and set on fire with a smoke bomb.
The procession continued passing first in front of the Brignole station and then under the headquarters of Confindustria Genova in via Fiume. Here, mannequins symbolizing deaths at work have been placed.
Then the procession arrived in Via XX Settembre. Under the Monumental bridge, a banner in favor of Palestine was unfurled. Then the memory of the historical events of April 1945. Finally, smoke bombs and fireworks accompanied the arrival of the Genova Antifascista demonstrators in Piazza De Ferrari shortly after 9pm.
