Milan protests, the 17 October Movement is born: permanent mobilization announced

The newly formed October 17 Movement calls for "permanent mobilization every Saturday. Until the fall of this thieving government". The announcement is spread via social media, through the page created by the organizers who meet every Saturday at 3pm in various Italian squares, starting from Milan, after the protests and tensions of the past weekend.

"We are those of the squares. Those who see the only violence in the truncheon of the cops", explains the description of the newly created page on Instagram which also includes an invitation to join a Telegram group.

"The violent ones are you who denied us the future, now we'll take that future", we read in a post where the managers of the page add: "We reject all accusations against the sender. This system that kills us is violent".

The guide to the demonstrations on Telegram

A flyer was also distributed in the Telegram chat with advice on how to behave at demonstrations. It's called 'Safer in the street' and gives "practical advice and useful information on repression and collective reaction".

The invitation is to print and share the flyer during the riots.

"Experience, preparation and information - we read in the flyer - are not always available to those who participate in street events, which is why it is important to ensure that the culture is spread.

Knowing the possibilities and risks as best as possible allows us to build together and live these moments of conflict to the fullest, regardless of what form they take."

Among the tips "Avoid arriving or leaving the event 'in full gear', you can't know who is around you outside of safe spaces"; "It often happens that the police monitor streets, train stations, motorway exits to identify or search those who want to participate or leave the mobilization.

Arrive early and avoid the motorway exits or stations closest to the meeting points."

"Don't dissociate yourself"

Among the invitations there is also a specific one on the attitude to have when faced with behaviors that are not shared: "Do not dissociate yourself from those who act differently from you.

No one should ask you to do things that you don't want to do or for which you feel intolerable discomfort, the methods and means are always questionable and it is right to criticize them, but dissociating and distancing yourself, especially publicly, only helps repression".