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Neonazi Gathering in Pietramurata Organizers Defend Event: “Ours Is Peaceful, We Do Not Talk About Extermination”

From Corriere della Sera · () Italian

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  • Organizers of the “Return to Camelot” gathering in Pietramurata denied that the Nazi skinhead label applies to them.
  • They described the event as peaceful and lawful, while saying its music and groups do not promote extermination.
  • Authorities continue monitoring the hotel hosting the gathering, and the prefect said the protest involving more than 1,000 people remained peaceful.

The organizers of “Return to Camelot” have broken their silence after an anti-fascist counter-demonstration in Pietramurata, rejecting the label that has fueled the controversy. Speaking to journalists at Hotel Ciclamino on September 4, members of Veneto Fronte Skinhead said the term “Nazi skinhead” was completely unrelated to their identity.

The term Nazi skinhead is completely unrelated to us.

· Veneto Fronte Skinhead organizersThey rejected the label during a news conference at the hotel hosting the gathering.

They portrayed the gathering as a peaceful event held within the law, featuring music, meetings and groups whose lyrics also address opposition to drugs. “There are no lyrics praising extermination or anything of that kind,” the organizers said. They dismissed the protest as speculation from part of the left that, in their view, has nothing concrete left to offer politically.

The hotel remains under police surveillance. Plainclothes officers from the Digos are inside the property, following measures announced by Prefect Isabella Fusiello and police chief Nicola Zupo. Authorities say the officers are ready to intervene if the restrictions imposed in recent days are breached.

There are no lyrics praising extermination or anything of that kind.

· Organizers of Return to CamelotThey defended the event’s music and groups against accusations about extremist content.

Fusiello said officials were continuing to monitor the participants’ behavior, but had not so far identified anything contrary to those restrictions. She described Thursday’s protest, attended by more than 1,000 people, as a peaceful demonstration involving many residents and associations, without tension or violence.

We are continuing to monitor their behavior, but for the moment we have not seen anything contrary to the restrictions.

· Isabella FusielloThe prefect described the authorities’ ongoing monitoring of the gathering.

The march nonetheless triggered political controversy. Emilio Giuliana, Trentino delegate for Futuro Nazionale, attacked the demonstrators in a social media video, using an insulting play on the word “anti-fascists” and arguing that opposing fascism meant opposing something that no longer existed. He also criticized trade unions and the provincial center-right, which had been represented at the Pietramurata march.

The demonstration involved many citizens and associations. It was a peaceful protest, without incidents of tension or violence.

· Isabella FusielloShe assessed the anti-fascist march attended by more than 1,000 people.
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