A-Infos (en) Italy, FAI, Umanita Nova #4-26 - Claudio Grigolo. Another loss in libertarian Ticino (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

In recent months, we have seen the passing of important comrades, people 
whose presence, passion, and commitment have left an indelible mark on 
our lives and our activism. A few weeks after the passing of Gianpiero 
Bottinelli (Umanità Nova, December 7, 2025), the still-young Claudio 
Grigolo, a social worker and longtime activist with the Circolo 
Anarchico Carlo Vanza in Bellinzona, passed away on Monday, January 19, 
2026.

A music enthusiast, always torn between Fugazi and Tre Allegri Ragazzi 
Morti, his presence made the Circolo a place of conviviality, as well as 
of documentation, research, protest, construction, and resistance. 
Mindful of his youthful commitment to environmental organizations, he 
generously accompanied comrade Marco Camenisch throughout his struggles 
and imprisonment. An indomitable antimilitarist commitment, which cost 
him prison, forged his solidarity with draft resisters, conscientious 
objectors, and deserters. In recent years, thanks in part to his strong 
professional sensitivity, he had taken to heart the battle against the 
establishment of a closed "educational" center for minors. Moreover, in 
the 1990s, he had already been a member of the Committee of the Swiss 
League for Human Rights - Italian-speaking Switzerland Section, which 
was active on the prison front and against police repression.

He also occasionally expressed himself in the anarchist press. In an 
article in the first issue of Voce Libertaria, he wrote: "It therefore 
appears increasingly urgent to unite the forces of dissent (radically 
opposed to the bourgeoisie and reformists of all stripes) and further 
develop a project that gives shape and a voice to those deemed 
incompatible with the current system of super-exploitation, which 
continues to forget the essential reasons and necessities for living a 
dignified life free from all forms of oppression."

But life dramatically shows us that the struggle is not merely 
political, social, or militant: it is profoundly human. It is made of 
bonds, trust, sharing, solidarity, but also of absences that weigh 
heavily and remind us how precious every moment is. These losses should 
teach us to take nothing for granted. They remind us that relationships 
must be cultivated, contacts maintained, calls made, mutual respect 
practiced every day. Every gesture of closeness, however small, becomes 
a way to honor those who are no longer with us and to strengthen those 
who remain. Let us always support one another, with sincerity and 
courage. Let us accept the difficulties, share them, and continue to 
fight together, keeping alive the values, passions, and ideas of those 
who have left us. May the memory of their faces, their words, and their 
actions be a push to persevere, to be more attentive, more united, more 
human. Their absence does not separate us: it calls us to be stronger, 
together, in their memory.

Petra - Carlo Vanza Anarchist Circle - Bellinzona

https://umanitanova.org/claudio-grigolo-un-altro-lutto-nel-ticino-libertario/
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