A consignment of Italians who live abroad and return to Genoa for a day on 25 June: "We denounce the excesses cultural, political and social concerns of our country" of Paolo Coppola
thousand Italians disembarked in of Genoa. On board the "Ship of Rights, so it was renamed the ferry line that will take them to Italy at the end of a journey that begins in Barcelona. Living abroad, do not think they come back. After a day's sail they want to land on the Ligurian coast and animate as "The Landing", a symbolic initiative to denounce the excesses cultural, political and social concerns of our country. Meeting on 25 June.the anniversary of the expedition of the Thousand, these Italians and other Europeans choose to embark for Italy to reiterate the importance of the Constitution, the origin of secular and pluralistic, and denounce the excesses of politics. The initiative stems from below by a group of Italians living in Barcelona, \u200b\u200bacquired last summer in a few months and that has spread through word of mouth also involving other groups of Italians living in other European capitals.
Today "The Landing" has exceeded 1000 accessions and obtained the support of many intellectuals, writers, musicians, clubs. They tell why they joined via video messages disseminated on the website of the initiative 1 . So the Nobel Dario For: "It could be the ship of fools, people who come from the sea and brings a contribution to their land." Oppurel laureate José Saramago, who wonders: "Not long ago, Italy was an example for Europe with Garibaldi, with Verdi. How did you fall from these heights?". The writer Erri De Luca, however, testified, "I'm the ship that wants to bring Italy to herself." And then there are Lella Costa and Moni Ovadia, jazzman Paolo Fresu and many others. On the side of the "Landing" also several anti-racist associations, the No-Tav, the Schools Network and the workers who occupy the Vynils Asinara, but there abbreviations are neither political parties behind this initiative, which is self-financing by organizing cultural events.
"We're seeing really worried about what happens in Italy," read the manifesto of the movement. Now acquired rights are called into question: "Racism is growing, as well as the arrogance, the arrogance, repression, the crooks, machismo, the widespread mafia culture, the lack of answers to the world of work, more and more subordinate and increasingly precarious. The merits and talents of people, especially young people, are not valued. There is a growing culture of support, lack of interest for the common good of the race for money, the private sector in all the senses. "These are the motivations of the organizers.
The" P "is open to all. The goal is 1000 tickets purchased on the ferry. In a few days - the initiative was officially launched last week in Barcelona - is have exceeded the 100 tickets sold already and there are 600 reservations. "We want to express solidarity and support to those who live in Italy because our country is going through a difficult time, it seems to have lost a bit 'the compass and that the wealth of credibility and of authority enjoyed by even abroad is gradually dispersing, "said Andrea De Lotto, Milan living in the Catalan capital where he taught for two years as a teacher the Italian primary school, which is one of the souls of the initiative. By foreign media - say the organizers - Italy is described as the country of Roma burned, the attacks, patrols, laws ad personam of the expulsion orders, to name a few episodes last year. Andrea continues: "We want to be a contribution and an invitation to return to talk of rights on a pre-political"
"This is an initiative targeting the Italian company that is becoming increasingly intolerant and conservative - says Laura Calosci who teaches economic history at the University of Barcelona - There are, however, the reality of resistance that is worth supporting. " Bomb Chiara, 39 years of Forlì, translator: "It is an action to express solidarity in Italy, a country where respect for human rights, we are falling below any acceptable level."
mobilization has taken shape through the Web, updates on Facebook and is receiving accessions from different countries, involving Italian and foreign residents. Under the name "The Landing" were born of the first groups in Brussels, then Paris, Athens and Madrid. Other in Italy: Genoa, Milan, Turin, Rome, Sardinia and Sicily. The organizational machinery is rapidly progressing. Landing at Genoa, the ship will wait for a host committee that was created around Heidi Giuliani and Don Gallo. And the day after landing in some streets of the city, with the support of the City several debates on the rights denied.
(05 May 2010)
