Parma anti-fascist, anti-racist. The Emilian city responds en masse to the procession organized this afternoon by the Remigration and Reconquista Committee. In the front row the mayors, together with Anpi, unions, Acli and collectives, march in opposition to the far-right demonstration which closes its initiative with 'Faccia nera', hymns to the Duce and even some Roman greetings. According to the Police Headquarters, 20,000 people participated in the left-wing 'counter-demonstration', while 1,500 people participated in the far-right demonstration.
The armored city, the center of Parma split in half, with a significant deployment of police forces to monitor that the two marches did not even get close. The pro-remigration supporters remained confined to the northern part of the city, a group made up mostly of people from the North East of Italy and who refer to the galaxy of CasaPound, Rete dei Patrioti, Veneto Fronte Skinheads. The anti-fascists invaded Oltretorrente, a popular neighborhood in Parma, to conclude the parade in Piazza della Pace, under the monument to the Partisan. No accidents, no serious tension, except for a moment of nervousness when the anti-racist procession was about to pass a few dozen meters from the pro-remigration rallies and was temporarily blocked.
"A horrendous demonstration." This is how the mayor of Parma Michele Guerra defined the pro-remigration supporters, speaking from a small stage set up at the end of the anti-fascist procession, nourished and participated by activists but also by many citizens, including families with children. "In recent days - the mayor said - someone has said 'but what does anti-fascism have to do with it, why do you say anti-fascist to remigration?'.
This is the danger: anti-fascism is not a feeling that is connected to a single historical period, but it is a feeling that always exists, every day. When fascists arrive in your city to say that we need to go get foreign citizens legally resident there and send them away, you have to take to the streets because you are anti-fascist, because you are anti-racist." The president of the Anpi, Gianfranco Pagliarulo, also wanted to respond to the recent statements by the president of the Senate Ignazio La Russa. "Did the people want fascism? - he said from Parma - Ask Giacomo Matteotti or the thousands of those murdered by the squadristi or the thousands of those condemned to the special tribunal: claiming that the people wanted fascism is a colossal lie", "the words of the President of the Senate are disturbing, not because they are the words of La Russa, but because they are the words of a state official".
The participants in the Remigration procession concluded their initiative by chanting 'Faccia nera', they praised the Duce, some raised the Roman salute. The Committee launched its "new proposal on National Priority in the Constitution, which will be officially presented next week". "There is still a need for those who, like us - they explain - have given voice to the thousands of Italians who feel abandoned by the institutions and who want the Italy they have always known again". Many returned to their city, while for others Saturday ended with a 'party' at a Casapound branch.
