Solidarity with Alfredo Cospito

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Since October 20, 2022, the imprisoned Italian anarchist Alfredo Cospito has been on hunger strike, demanding to be released from solitary confinement under the “41bis” regime. As of today, he has passed 107 days without eating.

Alfredo has lost more than 90 pounds. Bobby Sands, the member of the Irish Republican Army who was elected to Parliament during his hunger strike in 1981, died after 66 days without food. At death’s door, Alfredo has been transferred to a medical facility. His life hangs by a thread.

In this text, we explore what is at stake in Alfredo's hunger strike and offer a translation of an article about the situation by the Italian philosopher Donatella Di Cesare.