Against war in universities and workplaces

War does not unfold only on battlefields, but also within universities, factories, and workplaces. This panel will discuss the consequences of this reality, starting from Michele Lancione’s latest book, Universities and Militarization. The dual use of freedom of research which analyzes the growing militarization of academia and the complicity of knowledge with the arms industry. It will also draw on the Manifesto for a Right to Work for Peace, promoted by the Unione Sindacale di Base and the Ce.In.G Legal Studies Center, which supported the first trade union initiative in Italy by workers opposing arms production—led by the dockworkers of Genoa—as a way to resist the normalization of war.