Vicenza, Italy: 50 Activists Enter Site, Chain Themselves To Cranes To Stop Military Base

Vicenza, Italy: 50 activists enter site, chain themselves to cranes to stop military base
By Kyle | DMZ Hawaii

Fifty women and men of Vicenza entered today in the construction site of the new US military base at Dal Molin and chained themselves to the cranes and the working machineries used to build the foundations of the military installation, and that every day are damaging the “vicentina” groundwater. Recent surveys have produced evidence of unjustified increase of water level in some residential areas.

"Today we want set legality as first priority – they declared passing the fence of the site – the construction site must stop in order to defend health, safety and history of the “vicentina” community: groundwater resources and archeological findings must be preserved. Since the early days of this story we stated that this territory has a priceless value for the local community; but, at the same time, it’s particulary fragile, delicate, because under the green carpet it preserves one of the essential elements of life, water." Read more.