On the night of October 23rd two loud explosions have shaken the neighborhood of Lingotto, Turin, Italy. Bombs and firecrackers were placed in one of the building of Ex-MOI, the former Olympic Village, occupied since 2013 by migrants and refugees. It was likely a revenge by football ultras against some migrants they had a fight with. Unfortunately these migrants live among many other, currently 1200. Hearing the explosions many escaped from the building and spread in the nearby streets.
The aggression itself is scary enough but it´s part of a serie that took place lately. Since last year Ex-MOI was part of right-wing parties´ political strategy to pressure the local government and to enforce an eviction. Recently a newly born committee campaining for the eviction, created and backed by neofascist group Casapound, artificially created tensions: promoting a demonstration, inviting right-wing media to report aggressions to neighbours that never happened and depicting a situation, that though never easy, is not certainly a social war. [Read More]
Turin: ExMOI calls for solidarity
Turin: ExMoi occupation – the story so far
The story of ExMoi begins with two open wounds: the countless empty buildings in Turin, and the countless refugees living on Italian streets and in Italian train stations.
Back in 2006, the Turin municipality and the national government spent over 140 million euros in building a new neighbourhood to host athletes for the Winter Olympic Games. This was in an area that once held the city’s biggest wholesale market (MOI – Mercato Ortofrutticolo all’Ingrosso). Designed by international architects and built according to the latest ecological and sustainable design criteria, the Olympic Village was finished in 20 months. It was used for around 16 days and left mostly empty after the Games ended.
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