Statement from Autistici/Inventati
[ENGLISH VERSION]
Today we were made aware that the US Government has targeted a small, volunteer-run, technology collective from Italy with disproportionate sanctions as anyone can read in the Treasury Department Statement, the State Department Statement and the related Executive Order.
We deny all allegations included in the statements, while we strongly affirm our dedication to providing a platform of tools for digital self-defense, addressing the need of free communication for activists and other individuals, groups and associations.
We will not back down, we will keep doing what we have been doing all these years and we will do whatever is in our possibility to counter the false allegations made by a politically desperate administration with the sole intention of swaying people and media attention away from their own violence and warmongering.
Antifascism and anticapitalism are not terrorism. Protesting is not terrorism. And everyone has the right to speak out and to struggle for humanity.
Collettivo Autistici / Inventati — “Socializzare saperi senza fondare poteri”
Stay human
posted on August 26 2026
csolisr@hub.azkware.net 3 weeks ago
myrmidex@belgae.social 3 weeks ago
Not only the US. The right-wing politicians in my western European country hopped on that ‘antifa=terrorism’ bandwagen pretty quickly to put a bunch of climate activists on the terrorist watch list.
thewal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Environmental activists has been targeted for a while already and governments doesn’t seem to care about the use of their police to crack down on them so hence accomplices.
The only major news media i have seen cover the topic more broadly recently was from Deutsche Welle: Why are environmental protesters being criminalized? (which is from 2025)
Whenever someone is sharing news about them on unmoderated social media a lot of far-right try shaming them