Sicilian independentists comemorate the EVIS (Voluntary Army for the Independence of Sicily)

Fronte Nazionale Siciliano "SiciliaIndipendente" and Siciliani Liberi joined forces on December 29th to remember the battle of Monte San Mauro in Caltagirone, which gave a further push for the promulgation of the Sicilian Statute and Autonomy. This was the last battle of the EVIS (Voluntary Army for the Independence of Sicily), commanded by Concetto Gallo, in 1943.

"Autonomy, however, never implemented and therefore a pact violated by the state, with the consequences and disastrous conditions in which all Italian parties have reduced us.
Nice cold and joyful day with the presence of women, young and old, representatives of different Sicilian political realities, who came from all over Sicily, who wanted to honor our heroes at the commemorative stele."

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Strage del Pane events remembered by Sicilian independentists

The "Strage del pane" was a popular revolt in Palermo against the Italian army in 1944. Twenty four people died. It was a main point for the formation of the Esercito volontario per l'indipendenza della Sicilia (EVIS). On October 19th dozens of people convoked by the Comitato Vespro 2019 and Siciliani Liberi remembered the events.

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Sicilian independentists march to remember the Camiciotti revolt against the Bourbon army in 1848

The event called by the Vespro Committee (Comitato Vespro) with support of Antudo, Gran Sicilia and Fajdda was held on September 7th. Since its foundation the Committee has guided its course on the assumption that Sicilian history can become a terrain of political struggle when it is freed from the misrepresentation and falsifications imposed by the colonial system. "With this new appointment we intend to recall to mind that glorious episode of our history and to reaffirm our ever stronger determination against the internalizing devices of colonialism. - say the organizers who continue: "Today as yesterday, in fact, Sicily is a colony; the Sicilian people are subordinate. By erasing our identity, our values ​​and the heroisms of our ancestors, they have taken away our ability to inspire us into our past to make us manipulable and submissive. Not phantom and improbable saviors coming from outside, but only a people aware of their identity and aware of their own strength can save Sicily ”.

The procession, rich in flags marched through the roads of Messina that, in September 1848, were affected by the popular mobs of opposition to the Bourbon army. Messina remembers the heroic example of the Camiciotti during the 5 days of Messina, a revolt against the oppression of the Bourbons which lasted from 3 to 7 September 1848.

The Camiciotti were the components of two battalions that together reached about 1000 units of the total 6000 that opposed the invader. They were young with poor military training but, despite this, they proved to be the most disciplined and generous. In fact, after fighting fiercely against the Bourbon army, they lost their lives trying to cover up the flight of their comrades. The 5 days of Messina mark a very important historical passage within the scenario of European revolutions. Many still try to give a false interpretation of those days. Many tell the Sicilian '48 (and even before '47) as if it were the revolt of the people that started the Italian Risorgimento and that already carried within it the demands of the Unity of Italy. What we know with certainty is that '48 was a year of revolts in Sicily against the Bourbons. Those who claimed to use it as a possession, subjecting it to wanting away from the interests of the Sicilians. Reasons that led to the establishment of the Sicilian Republic. Remembering these events is important because it is important to rebuild a Sicilian historical memory erased by more than 150 years of colonization.

After the procession, an artistic-cultural moment was held on the theme of the 5 days of Messina
In Largo Seggiola the memory of the heroic Camiciotti and the 5 Giornate

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Sicilian independentists camp Trinacria a success

The second edition of Trinacria Camp 2.0 was helfd from 25 to 28 July in Capo Milazzo, Messina. After the first edition held in Petrosino in the province of Trapani, this time many Sicilians from every part of the island have participated in the days of assemblies, concerts and moments of struggle such as the No Procession Tower Bridge lighthouse that marks the resumption of speech by one of the most important movements of struggle against great useless works .
A campsite organized by Antudo and Fajdda that contributed to the growth and rooting of the independence option in Sicily, within the struggles and against the arrogance of the Italian state, which would like to impose in its plans to our territories a destiny of environmental devastation, landfills and unemployment.

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Siciliani Liberi National Assembly

The National Assembly of Free Sicilians (Siciliani Liberi) was held on July 8th in Pergusa. The independentist party dealt with many issues, including the launch in September of the political training school, directed by prof. Massimo Costa. A project that sees young Sicilian Free People involved in the front row, as underlined Angelo Priolo, deputy national coordinator of the youth group.

President Armando Melodia illustrated the proposal, approved by the Assembly, to call for the beginning of 2020 the first Sicilian free programmatic conference, which will aim to define the lines of activity related to the program, involving since its preparation not only the members but also the citizens, the organizations of the category, the stakeholders, the associations.

The president highlighted that at this moment there is an absolute need to talk about politics, precisely to get out of the dark tunnel of the "disaffection" of citizens. "We are - said the president -. And I also want to tell all those friends who continue to hope for the birth of a party that can bring together all the souls of Sicilian independence: there is no need for a new party, the Sicilian independence party exists, it exists and is called Siciliani Liberi ".

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Hundreds March to Honor The killing of 3 Voluntary Army for the Independence of Sicily Members

The rally was convoked by Comitato Vespro 2019 in Randazzo on June 16th. It was in memory of the commander Antonio Canepa, and to remember the massacre of "Murazzu Ruttu". The Vespro 2019 Committee, a movement that brings together 28 associations, independentist and autonomous Sicilian parties and that last March 30 had protagonist of a large regional event in Palermo.

The marchers claimed the independence heroes Antonio Canepa (founder and commander of EVIS-Voluntary Army for the Independence of Sicily), Giuseppe Lo Giudice and Carmelo Rosano killed in an ambush set by a patrol of Italian carabinieri on 17 June 1945 in the locality of Murazzu Ruttu, right in the place where the march started. Many flags of Sicily, continue the choirs that speak of a free and independent Sicily.
"Autonomy is continually betrayed by the Italian political parties (from which the committee distances itself), and the Sicilians have become aware of the fact that the only way is independence. This new appointment is outlined as a continuation of a journey towards a precise goal: to give the Sicilians what they deserve and that is to live with dignity in their own land! ”Says Fonso Genchi of the Vespro 2019 Committee. "The massacre has numerous obscure points, it is covered by state secrecy. It was a real ambush and not a gunfight following a roadblock and there are some facts that make this thesis true. It would be good to return to facts to reveal the truth and make it known. Canepa's political thinking and social vision are absolutely current. He in his booklet Sicily to the Sicilians spoke of Crispi as a traitor, so even today there are Sicilians who adhere to Italian parties and we experience this paradox on our skin with its nefarious consequences "says Antonio Fricano of the Vespro 2019 committee" .
"After 74 years from that tragic event, the Sicilians are again in the streets to affirm that the Independence is the only solution to the evils that afflict Sicily. For us, remembering the commander Antonio Canepa, together with those two young guerrillas, means honoring their figures and bringing their memory to life in a process of building a popular and combative independence movement” affirmed Antonio Fricano of the Vespro 2019 Committee.

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