Our planet is collapsing. The climate and ecological crisis continues to worsen, affecting societies, economies and territories. Recent years have been among the hottest ever recorded, while extreme events, droughts, floods, heatwaves and biodiversity loss are already transforming everyday life, including in Italy.

This crisis is intertwined with exploding inequalities. Wealth is increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few, while millions of people live in absolute poverty, suffer from the rising cost of living, energy poverty and the deterioration of public services. Those who pollute the most have more resources to protect themselves; those who have the least pay the highest price for the crisis.

Democracy itself is under pressure. The concentration of wealth translates into political power, media influence and the ability to shape public decisions. Meanwhile, repression, surveillance and restrictions on the right to protest are increasing.

Fossil fuels, wars and the grabbing of resources are part of the same system. Oil, gas, minerals and weapons fuel conflict, environmental devastation, human rights violations and insecurity for communities.

The Italian government continues to support a model based on ecocide, fossil fuels, top-down imposed mega-projects and the repression of dissent. Instead of protecting territories, ecosystems and communities, it obstructs environmental policies, reduces support for renewable energy communities and funds destructive projects.

When people protest, the institutional response is increasingly repression. The Security Decree and new measures against dissent restrict democratic space and criminalise those defending rights, territories and the future.

At the same time, Italy continues to focus on gas, rearmament and energy agreements that deepen dependence on fossil fuels. While families pay higher bills and public services become increasingly fragile, major fossil fuel, arms and financial companies continue to increase their profits and influence.

ENI, Leonardo and Intesa Sanpaolo represent the core of this entanglement between fossil fuels, weapons and finance. The government protects this system instead of choosing health, peace, climate justice and real security.

Faced with all this, we are called to take a stand now. The climate and ecological crisis is not only a technical problem: it is a crisis of power. It concerns who decides, who profits and who pays.

The course will not change as long as power remains in the hands of those who have an interest in maintaining the status quo: fossil fuel companies, the arms industry, tax-free fortunes and complicit governments.

We are therefore faced with a choice:

Truth or denial?
To recognise the crisis and its causes, or to continue pretending that it is not already affecting territories and communities.

Action or dependence?
To free ourselves from fossil fuels and build a just transition, or to endure collapse and its consequences.

Democracy or imperialism?
To accept decisions made without us and against us, or to reclaim the right to count and build power from below.

The system that brought us here will not reform itself. For this reason, we declare the social contract null and void: the Italian government has stopped protecting us.

It has chosen the profits of ENI, Leonardo and Intesa Sanpaolo over our health. It has chosen bombs over a ceasefire. It has chosen concrete over ecosystems. It has chosen tax amnesties for the rich over services for all.

We therefore choose to rebel peacefully, with love and rage, to make it impossible to ignore the need for another world.

Eighty years after the birth of the Republic, its founding principles — work, equality, rights, participation and protection of the Earth — are under attack. Defending democracy today also means defending the Earth.

For this reason, we are launching a week of Rebellion in Rome, from 29 May to 3 June, on the occasion of Republic Day: because there is nothing to celebrate, but everything to reclaim.

We rebel peacefully to create enough pressure to force the Government to:

Tell the truth

Declare a national climate and ecological emergency, accompanied by a communication plan based on scientific evidence regarding the causes, responsibilities and effects of the ongoing crisis on the environment and society.

An informed society is stronger, freer and harder to manipulate.

Act now

Implement all necessary measures to reduce emissions to zero, halt biodiversity loss, maintain and restore the integrity of ecosystems, and reduce the damage caused by the crisis already underway. These measures must be implemented according to justice and social equity by intervening at the economic level and acting at the international level.

A true ecological transition must free us from dependence on fossil fuels, wars, high bills and the destruction of territories.

Decide together

Involve the population and territories extensively and establish a national Citizens’ Assembly for the climate with deliberative power, including people from every social background, to support the Government in the choices that will need to be made, so as to involve citizens in a transition that is fair and just and to restore strength to the democratic values and freedoms on which our country is founded.

Democracy is the most powerful tool we have to build real security: safe homes, accessible services, dignified work, breathable air and territories capable of withstanding the climate crisis.

We are driven by a cry for justice: not authoritarian laws, but equality, equity, truth and solidarity.

We move for those pushed to the margins, for those who have been ignored, for devastated lands and forgotten peoples. Defending nature is an act of love towards Life itself, in every form, in every ecosystem, for every people and on every land.

We want a world in which no one has to fight to have a future, and in which everyone can aspire to happiness, to reconnection with people and territories, and to the possibility of determining their own existence.

We fight for a true democracy, where every voice resounds and no one is excluded.

Yes. Signal is the channel we will use for all organisational communications related to the PrimaVera Democrazia week.

We chose this app because it is free, easy to use and offers greater security guarantees. For this reason, we ask all participating people to download it, create an account and set a username.

Yes, Signal is completely free to download and use.

Yes. Signal is simple to install and use, even for those who have never used it before. Once you have downloaded the app and created an account, you will be ready to receive all the necessary communications.

Yes. To create an account, Signal requires a phone number. However, once you have set a username, other people will be able to contact you without you having to share your number.

Not necessarily. If you set a username, people will be able to find and contact you through that, without having to see your phone number.

The profile name is the name that appears in the app.

The username, on the other hand, is the unique identifier that allows other people to find you without using your phone number. It has this format: @name.number

The initial part is chosen by you, while the final number is assigned automatically.

The username is therefore different from the profile name that appears in the app.

You can consult the official Signal guide on usernames.

If you still have difficulties, you can enter only your phone number in the field dedicated to the Signal username. We will contact you to help you.