A-Infos (en) Italy, FAI, Umanita Nova #35-25 - Gabriella Bergamaschini. A militant in the shadows. (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

Comrade Gabriella Bergamaschini (born in Crema on August 13, 1950) died 
in Gattinara on November 5th. Gabriella was a member of the libertarian 
circle "L.A. Scribante" in Gattinara and editor of the mimeographed 
magazine "L'Agitatore," which she published from 1979 to 1989. Her 
companions were Giuseppe Ruzza (born in Adria on May 6, 1923 and died in 
Gattinara on January 2, 2003) and Delfina Stefanuto (born in 1929 and 
died in Gattinara on April 15, 2002), both partisans.
On the morning of September 17, 1983, a firefight broke out in Milan 
involving the occupants of a car. The driver was killed, a comrade 
managed to escape but was later arrested, and a woman managed to 
disappear. Investigators later claimed the woman was Gabriella and 
searched everywhere for her without success.

At 4:00 PM that same day, the Carabinieri raided the homes of Delfina 
and Giuseppe, ransacking the apartments in search of weapons and 
explosives, and evidence proving their alleged ties to some clandestine 
armed organization. They were arrested for participating in an armed 
gang called COLP (Communists Organized for the Liberation of the 
Proletariat). Gabriella was charged with organizing an armed gang.

She left the forest and sent a letter from the world to her comrades at 
the Black Cross in Milan (see attachment).

In 1986, she was arrested in France for carrying false documents. 
Released after a few months, she lived in Paris for a few years and then 
returned to Italy once her sentence expired.

She continued to maintain relationships with her comrades who had 
survived her life and retreats until she fell ill.

We remember her commitment to the struggle, her tenacity, and her 
determination. Her unconditional and supportive solidarity with 
prisoners, and her hatred of all injustice.

Goodbye Gabriella, you left us as you often fought...in the shadows, but 
not for us.

Comrades from Biella and Milan

From the World, December 24, 1983

It's time to put an end to these dirty tricks from those in power and 
their tormentors! Only they dare to build anything just to silence our 
comrades, whose only fault (in their opinion) is being anarchists and 
therefore bearers of truth and solidarity, as in the case of Gattinara.

EVERYONE knew full well the role of the Scribante Libertine Circle and 
what it did!! They always tried to silence it, but without success; Now, 
given the incident that occurred in Milan on September 17, 1983, and 
since Fiorina and Sava were from Biella (editor's note: this refers to 
the shooting that occurred in Milan on Via San Gemignano in which 
Gaetano Sava was killed and Francesco Fiorina was arrested), they seized 
upon the opportunity to create connections (fantastic, to say the least) 
with the libertarian circle.

We must not allow this and all the other deliberate and INTENDED 
maneuvers to continue! Our task is to shove the truth in the faces of 
the proletariat, expose the true face of power, and then overthrow it!

We've all read what the journalists/cops have written about our two 
comrades. Conversations that never took place, materials described as 
"interesting" that were actually letters from prison that had ALREADY 
been "censored," and notes for composing "L'Agitatore," and, last but 
not least, "enlistments" (yes! "Enlistments" surely refers to and means 
that the libertarian circle was frequented by dangerous "terrorists," 
since their twisted imaginations certainly couldn't have been mutual 
friends), and that's it: these are the elements that led to our inquisition!

The truth is this: they wanted to shut down the circle, the newspaper, 
forever, and get rid of us who had created it.

The charge is "participation in an armed gang" for Giuseppe and Delfina, 
and "organization of an armed gang" for me!

It would be laughable, if it weren't for the conditions Delfina and 
Giuseppe are in as prisoners. And my current state of clandestinity is a 
reality; My hiding place is due ONLY to the fact that now, thanks to 
You, I'm out and about, far from my comrades, so as not to be arrested too!

I want to emphasize that this forced "disappearance" of mine is 
certainly not intended to confirm any involvement, past or present, in 
any armed group: it's simply my desire not to end up gagged and rotting 
in jail preemptively awaiting the usual show trial, given my obvious 
distrust of the injustice of power. This is certainly what "they" want: 
to force my comrades into hiding! To isolate us, to distance us, to 
demonstrate a pre-packaged reality for their own use and consumption, 
which will then allow them to destroy us with greater approval and 
consensus. But we will not allow this! We cannot allow it! And this is 
the main purpose of this public letter of mine.

Ever more against prisons, against the State and all its violence.

FREEDOM FOR DELFINA AND GIUSEPPE AND FOR ALL PROLETARIANS.

LONG LIVE ANARCHY!!!

A huge hug to everyone, especially those in prison, with the certain 
hope of being able to do so directly very soon!

Lots of kisses

Gabriella Bergamaschini

Letter also published in the GATTINARA DOSSIER - Stories of judicial 
madness in the province - National Anarchist Coordination against 
Repression (edited) - Edizioni Anarchismo, March 1984

https://umanitanova.org/gabriella-bergamaschini-una-militante-nellombra/
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