"We are more than 50 thousand in the square".
This is the announcement from the stage of the 'Peace and Disarmament Network', the organizers of the demonstration for peace and against the war in Ukraine which is taking place in Piazza San Giovanni in Rome.
According to the police, about 20 thousand participants in the demonstration.
The procession which started from Piazza della Repubblica in Rome, had a long flag on its head with the rainbow of peace.
The demonstrators observed a minute of silence and then gave a long applause in solidarity with the Ukrainian people.
"War is not fought with war. It is time not to arm but to disarm the world. It is time for the UN to do its part" with direct involvement in the ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine.
Thus the general secretary of the CGIL, Maurizio Landini.
Choirs against NATO during Maurizio Landini's speech in Piazza San Giovanni in Rome.
While the secretary of the CGIL began to speak from the stage, at the demonstration for peace, against the war in Ukraine, organized by the 'Peace and Disarmament Network', a group of demonstrators started shouting: "Enough. Out of Italy from NATO ".
In Piazza San Giovanni in Rome,
at the demonstration organized by the Peace and Disarmament Network, also a delegation of the Democratic Party: Peppe Provenzano;
Marco Furfaro and Gianni Cuperlo.
Among others, present the secretary of the Italian Left, Nicola Fratoianni;
Stefano Fassina and the Euro MP Massimiliano Smeriglio.
An alternative appointment to the Rome demonstration for peace created some tension.
The boys of the student group 'Osa', exponents of USB and Potere al Popolo, have started an alternative sit-in in Piazza dell'Esquilino.
A counter-demonstration to that of the Peace and Disarmament Network.
"We do not want to be with those who legitimize the government's choice to send armaments to Ukraine. This is a NATO war," shout the students.
During the passage of the procession of the pacifist network, a bit of tension was created when the boys of the Osa group, with megaphones, began to sing a chorus against NATO, a gentleman thus detached himself from the procession and went to him. against with the flag of Ukraine shouting: "Shame on you they are bombing us".
