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Carlo Calenda Interrupted at Ca’ Foscari as Protest Video Shows P38 Gesture

Organizers report a wave of online threats, seeking an institutional rebuke.

Overview

  • Student collective Sumud disrupted Calenda’s campus event hosted by the association Futura, briefly halting the discussion.
  • An Instagram video posted by the protesters features a hand making the P38 pistol gesture and a statement rejecting liberal democracy.
  • The statement cites the United States and Israel while arguing that political parties should not enter universities.
  • Futura says insults and threats targeted its members on social media after the event and urges universities and political actors to condemn intimidation.
  • Calenda downplayed the episode on X as the action of “two ragazzi,” and coverage notes a similar protest against Emanuele Fiano at Ca’ Foscari in October.