Niscemi, the 'No Muos' movement announces a national demonstration against the war

"Sicily cannot be a war platform in the Mediterranean." With these words, the "No Muos" Movement has called for a demonstration against the war and against the use of U.S. military bases in Sicily and Italy on Saturday, March 28, 2026, at 3 PM in Niscemi, in the province of Caltanissetta. The mobilization,  to which "various social realities, associations, and peace networks are joining" will take place in the city that made headlines due to the landslide in January that forced hundreds of residents to leave their homes, but which also hosts the Muos (Mobile User Objective System) and the Nrtf (Naval Radio Transmitter Facility) of the US Navy, two strategic military infrastructures integrated into the global communications network used by the United States to coordinate military operations and missions in various areas of the planet. Landslides in the ground have also been reported in the area where the U.S. antennas are installed in recent days.

According to the "No Muos" Movement, which gathered thousands of people in August 2014 against the installation of the antennas, also receiving solidarity from dozens of political figures and Sicilian municipalities - many of which still display the signs "No Muos municipality" - the presence of these installations represents "a major political and democratic problem," because strategically significant military infrastructures operate permanently on Italian territory without the consent of local communities and with direct effects on the security of the territories.

"When a territory hosts strategic military infrastructures – the activists explain – it automatically becomes a potential target in conflicts. For this reason, the issue does not only concern Niscemi but the entire country."

The movement also emphasizes how the consequences of war are already reflected in daily life: increased energy and fuel prices, growth in military spending at the expense of healthcare and welfare, and the return of hypotheses such as the reintroduction of conscription in public debate.

The demonstration therefore aims to reignite that movement that 12 years ago involved thousands of Sicilians - and not only - and "bring back to the center of public debate the issue of militarization of territories and the return to the community of places occupied by military servitudes. Sicily and Italy – they affirm from the Movement – cannot be transformed into war platforms in the Mediterranean. Territories must return to the sovereignty of the communities that inhabit them."